ACCG 2024 Field Tour

September 10th, 2024

The ACCG hosted a field tour held on September 10, 2024 on the Eldorado National Forest, Amador Ranger District.

Field tour participants visited existing forest health and resilience projects and also locations along the edge of the Caldor Fire burn scar to view and discuss treatment prescriptions, effectiveness and lessons learned in the context of the planning effort that is underway for the UMRWA-USFS Mokelumne Amador Calaveras Forest Health & Resilience Project, Phase 2 (aka MAC Phase 2, formerly FPP Phase 2).

There were five stops on the tour. The first three locations were within the Scottiago Project area to view forest health treatments, fuelbreaks, fuels reduction units, and CA spotted owl (CSO) Protected Activity Centers (PACs) both within and outside the Caldor Fire burn scar. The PACs viewed within the burn scar had varying fire severity (low-high). The last two stops on the field tour were locations along the Highway 88 corridor to view examples of fuelbreaks and fuels treatment units and an opportunity to discuss prescriptions, maintenance tools, and lessons learned.

Special thanks to the USFS, Eldorado NF staff for assisting with coordination and leading discussions on the field tour.

Forest health treatment unit

High-severity burn area along Caldor Fire edge

Fuels treatments in Protected Activity Centers (PACs)

Roadside fuels treatments

Fuelbreak maintenance with herbicides