Mooretown Rancheria 

The goal of fuel reduction projects is to reduce understory canopy and surface fuel loading of natural stands. Mooretown Forestry can mechanically treat forest vegetation or do hand cut and pile work to create a landscape that has reduced fire hazard, increase fire suppression effectiveness, and improved conifer stand vigor and structure. Mastication treatments are designed to modify fire intensity and spread in treated areas by reducing surface, ladder and crown fuels to levels that would also reduce the potential for crown fire occurrence. Site specific treatments to reduce conifer and shrub density area also improve the ability of forest stands to tolerate environmental stressors, including drought, insects, disease, fire, and climate change.

The Forest Service manages thousands of miles of roads that must be maintained to provide safe public and administrative access for a variety of uses, including recreation, fire suppression, commercial activities, forest restoration, and other management purposes. Many roads have exceeded their designed lifespan and require repairs. Unmaintained roads and infrastructure can impact water quality and habitat. The need to decommission a road may be to eliminate unneeded roads, reduce chronic sediment delivery, restore hillslope hydrology, or reduce impacts to aquatic, riparian, and terrestrial ecosystems of roads crossings. Mooretown Forestry can provide road construction, repair and decommissioning as appropriate.

Hazard tree removal consists of removing dead and/or damaged trees that pose a hazard to people, animals, personal property, utilities, and other structures. After a fire, many trees are weakened from burning around the base of the trunk. These trees can fall over or blow down without warning. After a fire Mooretown Forestry conducts hazard tree removal if they pose a threat to the safety of the cleanup crew or public right of ways.