Notice of Fuels Reduction: Robinson Mill Roadside Project

To improve public safety and reduce hazardous fuels, the Butte County Fire Safe Council (BCFSC) will implement the Robinson Mill Roadside Fuels Reduction Project along Robinson Mill, Upham, and La Porte roads. The project will create a shaded fuel break along this evacuation route to increase wildfire safety for residents and improve access for wildfire emergency personnel, while also enhancing watershed protection and promoting overall forest health.

Treatment will focus on thinning the understory through hand cutting and chipping, with some material hauled to an approved disposal facility as needed. The remaining vegetation will be pruned to reduce ladder fuels that allow fire to climb into the forest canopy. Work will be conducted in an environmentally sensitive manner to decrease flammability, accelerate natural decomposition, and improve the health and resilience of the remaining tree stand.

Project work will occur across approximately 60 acres along roughly 6 miles of roadway on both public right-of-way and adjacent private lands, under the oversight of BCFSC. Work is scheduled to begin in early spring and will continue until the project is completed.

The Butte County Fire Safe Council is a grassroots non-profit organization that implements a variety of fuels reduction and forest health projects in operation around Butte County including Forbestown, Berry Creek, Forest Ranch, Cohasset, Paradise, Big Chico Creek Canyon, and Oroville Foothills. More information can be found on Facebook, or by calling our office at (530) 877-0984.

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This project is funded entirely by federal financial assistance through a U.S. Forest Service Fuels Reduction Grant and administered in partnership with the Butte County Public Works (BCPW) and the Butte County Fire Safe Council (BCFSC). This institution is an equal opportunity provider.