HFQLG Pilot Project

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The Herger-Feinstein Quincy Library Group Pilot Project is being implemented over approximately 1.5 million acres across the Lassen and Plumas National Forest and the Sierraville District of the Tahoe National Forest. The Project is designed to test and demonstrate the effectiveness of fuels and vegetation management activities to meet ecologic, economic and fuel reduction objectives.

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Fire Behavior and Effects Relating to Suppression Moonlight Fire Effects Assessment
Today, a combination of climate change and past human activity is producing more wildfire activity in forested lands across the western United States. Read More

Fire Behavior and Effects Relating to Suppression Six HFQLG Monitoring Tours Scheduled
As temperatures begin to cool and we enter fall, the public is invited to join the Lassen and Plumas National Forests for a series of six monitoring field tours to look at Herger-Feinstein Quincy Library Group (HFQLG) treatments across the forests. Read More

Fire Behavior and Effects Relating to Suppression Monitoring Field Trip Reports for 2008 Field Season
The 2008 Monitoring Field Trip season is progressing. For those unable to attend, the field trip reports and handouts are available following each tour. Read More

Fire Behavior and Effects Relating to Suppression, Fuel Treatments, and Protected Areas on the Antelope Complex Wheeler Fire
This report presents findings and recommendations derived from evaluating the use and effectiveness of fuel treatments and fire behavior inside treated and untreated areas on the Antelope Complex Fire.

HFQLG Report to Congress Pinchot Institute selected as science review team for HFQLG, review to begin Nov. 12
The US Forest Service recently selected the Pinchot Institute for Conservation to be the Scientific Review Team for the Herger-Feinstein Quincy Library Group (HFQLG) Forest Recovery Act Pilot Project.

HFQLG Report to Congress 2006 HFQLG Status Report to Congress
The Fiscal Year 2006 Herger- Feinstein Quincy Library Group (HFQLG) Pilot Project Status Report to Congress is the eighth annual status report required by Sections 401 (j)(1)(A-G) of the HFQLG Forest Recovery Act. The Pilot Project covers the Lassen and Plumas National Forests and the Sierraville Ranger District of the Tahoe National Forest.

HFQLG Project - Impacts of Vegetation Management on Water Yield
The project is mandated to address the timing of water releases, water quality changes, and water-yield changes on pilot areas. The preferred Sierra Conservation Framework alternative for the Plumas, Lassen, and Tahoe National Forests includes implementing the Quincy Library Group project for five years and the resulting water-yield changes on these forests are evaluated and discussed in this report.