Tenaya fuels treatment

The Tuolumne County Resource Conservation District received a $995,702 Cooperative Agreement award from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) under the Wildland Fire Fuels Management and Community Assistance Program (CFDA 15.228), effective October 1, 2025, through August 30, 2030. This award funds the Tenaya Fuels Treatment project, a multi-year hazardous fuels reduction initiative located in Sonora, California. The project implements vegetation management activities designed to reduce wildfire risk and intensity across the western Sierra Nevada region through strategies including mechanical thinning, hand cutting, prescribed burns, and shaded fuel break construction on federal and adjacent non-federal lands.

The project addresses critical wildfire mitigation needs through landscape-scale approaches that coordinate across multiple land ownership types. As a recognized local government entity with demonstrated capacity in implementing federal fuels management projects, the district will deliver tangible fuel load reductions, fire-resilient landscape development, and community engagement outcomes over the five-year performance period. This award aligns with the BLM program's emphasis on cost-effective vegetation management and the creation of defensible fire-adapted communities while supporting regional wildfire prevention and ecosystem restoration objectives.