Deadline for Proposals is June 3rd, at 3pm

PROJECT OVERVIEW

The NW Calaveras Fuel Reduction Project, funded by CAL FIRE grant 5GA22228, consists of all privately owned land within the Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) community of Rancho Calaveras and surrounding area. The larger project in its entirety consists of two areas divided into “NORTH” and “SOUTH”; it was strategically identified in collaboration with the local CAL FIRE unit for targeted fuels reduction treatments. When viewing the entire project area, it is oriented north and west of the Valley Springs subdivision Rancho Calaveras, south of California Highway 12 and is situated diagonally SW to NE toward the intersection of State Highways 12 and 26. This RFP is for the SOUTH section of the project only.

NW Calaveras (SOUTH) consists of approximately 172.17 acres targeted for mechanical treatment and right-of-entry forms have been secured. 

 

PROJECT GOALS AND OBJECTIVES

The project aims to protect hundreds of homes, wildlife, property, infrastructure, livestock, and habitat from catastrophic wildfire in the Valley Springs and Rancho Calaveras communities.

Primary objectives of the project are to treat areas of heavy vegetative fuels and dense woodlands with tight or overlapping canopy closure. Treatments will meet these objectives by mechanically reducing dense vegetative fuel loads, variably increasing tree canopy spacing, and removing dead, dying, and diseased trees which present a hazard to infrastructure.

The project area for this phase was designed to achieve as contiguous of a landscape as landowner participation allows for. No treatment shall occur within 100’ of dwellings or as defined by PRC § 4291. Treatment methods will consist of the following:

1) Mechanical thinning (mastication)

Below are links to the RFP and Appendices

Final_RFP_NW Calaveras (SOUTH) (Mechanical).pdfFinal_RFP_NW Calaveras (SOUTH)_Appendices.pdf