CHIPS, in partnership with the Stanislaus National Forest, was awarded a CAL FIRE CCI grant to implement the Arnold-Avery Hazardous Fuels Reduction and Fuelbreak Maintenance Project to reduced fuels near the communities of Arnold, Avery, Hathaway Pines and Dorrington. Click here to view the article published in the Calaveras Enterprise last week about the project. Implementation is anticipated to begin this year.