Silverado Fuel Break

The Trabuco Ranger District proposes to construct a fuel break 200' to 400' wide on the ridge between Silverado and Harding canyons to provide protection for the communities in Silverado and Modjeska canyons.

Project Information

Expected Analysis Type
Environmental Assessment

Categorical Exclusion
Hazardous fuels reduction activities using prescribed fire not to exceed 4,500 acres, and mechanical methods for crushing, piling, thinning, pruning, cutting, chipping, mulching, and mowing, not to exceed 1,000 acres.

Special Authority
National Fire Plan - Healthy Forests Initiative Demo EA

Lead Management Unit
Trabuco Ranger District

Notice and Comment Regulation
215

Project Purpose
Fuels management

Project Activity
Fuel treatments (non-activity fuels)

Project Status

Current Status
Under Analysis

Last Completed Milestone: Notice of Initiation (04/01/2008)

Next Milestone: Comment Period (est. 03/2013)

Last Updated: 3/21/2013