Pacific Southwest Region

Southern California Hazardous Fuels Rehabilitation and Restoration

Carveacre Community Protection

• Cleveland National Forest

The Cleveland National Forest has been working with the Carveacre Fire Safe Council (FSC) since 2001 to reduce hazardous fuels in and around the community of Carveacre, a residential development of ninety homes in eastern San Diego County. This 480-acre development is entirely surrounded by National Forest System lands of the Descanso Ranger District. The heavy chaparral fuels in the area are 35 years old and have a large component of dead material because of six years of drought.

Using mechanical treatments and prescribed fire, the Forest Service is creating a defensible zone on National Forest System lands around the community. On private lands, the Carveacre FSC is reducing the fire hazard by mastication, hand clearing and chipping. The Carveacre FSC has also prepared a detailed community protection plan that includes evacuation routes, safety zones and emergency notification phone trees. The Carveacre FSC has been awarded community protection grants over the last two years.

The Carveacre community defense zone is a key project linking the Japatul and Horsethief Fuelbreaks. These fuelbreaks provide a strategic line of defense for the communities of Carveacre, Lawson Valley, Alpine and Japatul Valley.

Contact:

• Joan Wynn, Public Affairs Officer, (858) 674-2984
• Chris Anderson, Descanso Ranger District, (619) 445-7288 ext.32

Success Stories

• Barton Flats
• Breaking Barriers
• Burn Area Restoration Projects
• Carveacre Community Protection
• Charlton Flats
• Crystal Lake
• Evacuation Route Clearing
• Forest Area Safety Taskforce
• Grant Successes
• June Aerial Flight Results
• Kuffel Canyon Road
• Laguna Mountain Community Protection
• Lake Arrowhead Log Storage Facility
• March Aerial Flight Results
• Mistletoe Eradication
• North Lake Arrowhead Fuels Reduction
• Seeds for Forest Renewal
• Skyline Fuels Reduction Project
• Student Conservation Association Partnership
• Take Pride in America

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