Many private landowners, local volunteer fire departments, and state collaborative partners were involved in this project. Its objectives include reducing excess fuels loads, decreasing the risk of unwanted wildfires, providing defensible space near communities, improving road access and safety for firefighters, and promoting habitat improvement and healthy forest lands.

By demonstrating various National Fire Plan components such as contracting, mechanical fuels reduction, community protection, and state and local collaboration, this project provides a fine example of how the President's Healthy Forest Initiative can work in the Northeast Region. This is the first and largest project of its kind in the region, and provides an ideal demonstration site to promote the mechanical reduction of forest fuels in the future.

Project objectives included reducing excess fuels loads, decreasing the risk of unwanted wildfires, providing defensible space near communities, improving road access and safety for firefighters, and promoting habitat improvement and healthy forest lands.

In demonstrating the various National Fire Plan components such as contracting, mechanical fuels reduction, community protection, and state and local collaboration, this project is a fine example of how the President's Healthy Forest Initiative can work in the Northeast Region. This is the first and largest project of its kind in the region and provides an ideal demonstration site to promote future mechanical fuels treatments.