FY16 joint chiefs mastication

Added: Aug 04, 2016 7:39 pm Mechanical fuel reduction work will take place on USFS system lands on the Klamath National Forest in order to improve the ability of land managers to protect values at risk from wildfires and to improve the efficient management of fire on the landscape. This work is planned within the Mid-Klamath Rivers Community Project area, in unincorporated rural Siskiyou County, California.

Mastication will take place along ridges, some of which served as primary and contingency dozer lines in the 2014 fire season. Mastication will take place on the main ridge top and extend up to 150' on either side of the center line of the ridge. Ridge locations have been chosen to maximize equipment capabilities, though some steep sections where work is not possible are likely within each unit. The resulting fuel break will have an open understory conducive to use as a holding and or firing feature in future prescribed and wildfire events. Mastication was chosen in burned areas as an alternative to creating piles of previously burned material that would not be conducive to burning. One mastication unit (Slinkard Ridge) is optional, it is anticipated that determination of optional work award will be made at the time of award.

This solicitation will be available for electronic download on or around August 4, 2016.