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Projects and Plans

Forest Plan

This Plumas National Forest Land and Resource Management Plan (Forest Plan) directs the mangement of the Plumas National Forest and 15,000 acres of the Lassen National Forest. The purpse is to guide efficient use and protection of Forest resources, fulfill legislative requirements, and balance local, regional, and national needs.

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Forest Projects

Moonlight and Wheeler Fire Recovery and Restoration Projects
Both projects intend to promote long term economic recovery through restoration by re-establishing forested conditions.

Diamond Vegetation Management Project
The Forest Service Interdisciplinary Team (ID Team) from the Mt. Hough Ranger District developed six primary objectives for the Diamond Project based on site-specific resource problems identified in the June 2005 Diamond Landscape Assessment, relevant laws, and Forest Service direction.

Empire Project
The Empire Project draws from the Mount Hough Landscape Assessment and calls the 103,000 acre area the "Empire Project area."

Freeman Project
The Freeman Project Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) was prepared to assess the potential environmental impacts of the project, located north of Portola, California.

Grizz Project
The US Forest Service, Plumas National Forest (PNF), proposes to conduct land management activities in the Grizz Project area to reduce hazardous fuels, improve forest health, support the local communities, provide access needed to meet other project objectives and reduce transportation system impacts.

HFQLG - Herger-Feinstein Quincy Library Group
The Quincy Library Group is comprised of local citizens with an interest and commitment to influence the management of the Lassen and Plumas National Forests and the Sierraville District of the Tahoe National Forest

Slapjack Project
The Slapjack Project area is located within the Feather River Ranger District of the Plumas National Forest in Butte and Yuba Counties, California. The project area includes approximately 34,725 acres of public and private land generally situated between Lake Oroville to Dobbins on the west; the North Yuba River to Wambo Bar on the east; and from Barton Hill to the town of Feather Falls to the north.

Sugarberry Project
The United States Department of Agriculture, U.S. Forest Service, Plumas National Forest, Feather River Ranger District proposes to protect rural communities from fire hazards by constructing fuel breaks known as Defensible Fuel Profile Zones (DFPZs); implementing group selection harvest methods to create a fire-resilient healthy forest ecosystem; implementing individual tree selection harvests to restore stand densities more characteristic of past natural fire regimes; performing associated road system improvement work; and carrying out a range of aquatic, native plant, and wildlife habitat improvement activities on forested federal land near La Porte, Strawberry Valley, American House and Clipper Mills, California.

Watdog Project
The Feather River Ranger District of the Plumas National Forest proposes to meet objectives to improve overall forest health conditions and vegetative diversity and reduce the threat of large-scale, high-intensity wildfires by reducing hazardous fuels within the Watdog Project.

OHV Route Designation - Travel Management

Over the next 2-3 years, all national forests in California will designate a system of roads and trails for motorized OHV use that will enhance quality recreation opportunities, promote public safety and protect natural resources.

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