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FOREST HEALTH PILOT

1996 Proposed Projects

Tahoe, Plumas and Lassen National Forests

Fire Hazard Reduction

TAHOE NATIONAL FOREST

Type of Project Project Name Estimated Cost Projected Acres Treated Cost Per Acre Est. Volume Output (mbf) Analysis Acres
Thin & Remove Davies $250,000 1,000 $250 1,000  
  Treasure $100,000 200 $521 400  
  Highway 89 $50,000 200 $250 300  
Fuelbreak Construction Highway 89 $85,000 170 $500 170  
Fuelbreak Underburn Calpine $12,000 75 $160    
** NEPA Prep & timber Sale Prep Liberty $50,000   $7.14   7,000
Indirect Costs 14%   $89,000   $54.10    
TOTAL   $636,000 1,645 $387 1,870 7,000

 

PLUMAS NATIONAL FOREST

Type of Project Project Name Estimated Cost Projected Acres Treated Cost Per Acre Est. Volume Output (mbf) Analysis Acres
Thin & Remove Willow Creek I
Community Interface
$228,000 900 $253 2,500  
" Hungry $343,000 1,290 $266 500  
Fuelbreak Construction Pinebelt $228,000 900 $253 2,000  
" Keddie Ridge $33,000 60 $550    
" Hungry $229,000 900 $254 500  
Underburn Forbestown Community Interface $17,500 50 $350    
  Brush Creek Community Interface $17,500 50 $350    
** NEPA Prep for future thin & remove, fuelbreak construct Willow Creek II Community Interface $100,000   $33   3,000
Indirect Costs   $195,000        
TOTAL   $1,391,000 4,150 $335 5,500 3,000

 

LASSEN NATIONAL FOREST

Type of Project Project Name Estimated Cost Projected Acres Treated Cost per Acre Est. Volume Output (mbf) Analysis Acres
Thin & Remove Antelope A-1 Biomass $200,000 1,000 $200    
Fuelbreak Brush Pile Chutes Fuelbreak $395,975 1,175 $337    
" Berner Fuelbreak Expansion $40,000 250 $160    
" Kelley Fuelbreak Expansion $40,000 250 $160    
" Little Valley Community Interface $67,400 200 $337    
Fuelbreak Hand Thin and/or Pile Community Interface & Fuelbreak (Eagle Nest) $90,000 300 $300    
" Maintenance Mill Cr, Silver Lk, Willow Cr, & Feather River Homesite (hand pile & burn) $20,400 100 $204    
Fuelbreak Biomass/Tractor Piling A-21 Corridor $108,500 500 $211    
  89 Corridor $108,500 500 $211    
  Butte Cr Coridor $108,500 500 $216    
  Colby Corridor $10,850 50 $217    
Fuel Reduction Feather River Tractor Pile $80,000 500 $160    
" Almanor/Prattville Tractor Pile $49,700 300 $166    
Underburn Westwood Junction (prior biomass) $60,000 1000 $60    
Indirect Costs 14% $193,175        
TOTAL   $1,573,000 6,625 $238    

 

SUMMARY OF COSTS FOR FIRE HAZARD REDUCTION

Forest Estimated Cost Projected Acres Treated Cost per Acre Estimated Volume Output (mbf) Analysis Acres
Tahoe $636,000 1,645 $387 1,700 7,000
Plumas $1,391,000 4,150 $335 5,500 3,000
Lassen $1,573,000 6,625 $237    
TOTAL 3,600,000 12,420 $290    

Watershed Restoration

TAHOE NATIONAL FOREST

Type and/or Project Name Estimated Cost Projected Acres Treated
Shrub Plantings $15,000 150
Road Closures $4,000 8 (4 gates)
Streambank Stabilization $36,000 (12 miles)
Stream Structures (Cottonwood Fire) $20,000 500 (20 structures)
Contour Felling (Cottonwood Fire) $27,000 270
Indirect Costs $18,000  
TOTAL $120,000 928

 

PLUMAS NATIONAL FOREST

Type and/or Project Name Estimated Cost Projected Acres Treated
Bagley Meadows 6,000 10
Little Stoney Creek 3,000 5
Thompson Valley $9,000 5
Downing/Summit Allotment $30,000 10
Ross Meadow $12,000 5
Newton Flat Pond $16,000 3
Boulder Creek Meadow $6,000 2
Hallet Meadow $5,000 5
Boulder Creek at Hallett Meadow $10,000 2
Wickman Meadow $5,000 5
Wheeler Sheep Camp $5,000 2
Pierce Creek $5,000 2
Indian Creek Rock Source $5,000 (1 plan)
Black Rock Creek $44,000 20
Grizzly Creek $40,000 8
Fingerboard Pit Revegetation $10,000 5
** Indian Roak Source Plan $5,000  
** Upper Dutch/Secret Diggin Plan $15,000  
** Grizzly Cree/Willow Creek Divide
   Watershed/Wetlands Restoration Plan
$8,000  
Indirect Costs (14%) $39,000  
TOTAL $278,000 89

 

LASSEN NATIONAL FOREST

Type and/or Project Name Estimated Cost Projected Acres Treated
Quarry Gulch erosion structures, road closures, meadow restoration $51,000  
Crazy Harry Gulch erosion structures, meadow restoation, change road crossing $27,000  
Pine Creek watershed restoration, return flows to natural channel $35,000  
Little Merrill Creek erosion control/fish barrier structure $20,000  
Westwood Junction Section of the Susan River erosion control and riparian vegetation $31,500  
Susan River road closure and obiteration $4,000  
Indirect costs (14%) $23,500  
TOTAL $192,000  

 

SUMMARY OF COSTS FOR WATERSHED RESTORATION

Forest Estimated Cost Projected Acres Treated
Tahoe $130,000 928
Plumas $278,000 89
Lassen $192,000  
TOTAL $600,000 1,017

 


Monitoring

Forest Type and/or Project Estimated Cost
Tahoe Project Monitoring $17,200
" Indirect Costs (14%) $2,800
Plumas Project Monitoring $34,400
" 3- Forest Monitoring for Technical Fuels Report $86,000
" Indirect Costs (14%) $19,600
Lassen Project Monitoring $35,000
" Indirect Costs (14%) $4,900
TOTAL   $200,000

 

Land Management Planning

Forest Type and/or Project Estimated Cost
Plumas/Lassen Plumas LMP Midpoint Review and Plumas and LMP Assessment (include TFR concepts) $258,000
Indirect Costs (14%)   $42,000
TOTAL   $300,000