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County approves $400,000 contract to design environmental compliance and treatment for 726-acre Woodpecker Ravine fuelbreak

6435657 · October 15, 2025
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The Board approved a $400,000 contract with Mason, Bruce & Gerard to prepare environmental compliance and treatment design for Phase 2 of the Woodpecker Ravine shaded fuelbreak project, a CAL FIRE‑funded wildfire prevention effort covering 726 acres funded by an approximately $4 million grant.

The Nevada County Board of Supervisors on Oct. 14 approved a $400,000 contract between the county Office of Emergency Services and contractor Mason, Bruce & Gerard to complete environmental compliance and treatment design for Phase 2 of the Woodpecker Ravine shaded fuelbreak.

Director of Emergency Services Alex Kiebel Tull told the board the Phase 2 area covers about 726 acres and is funded by an approximately $4 million CAL FIRE Wildfire Prevention Grant. Phase 1, currently underway, treated about 410 acres under a roughly $2 million grant, he said.

Kiebel Tull…

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