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Placer County introduces new fuels program staff and readies burn piles as fuels crew grows
Summary
Parks staff introduced new project manager Lauren Catlin and described grant-funded fuels reduction work across Tahoe and foothill areas, formation of an in-house fuels crew, upcoming forest-thinning projects, and a newly approved burn permit. Cal Fire and California Tahoe Conservancy grants were cited for multiple projects.
Placer County Parks on Tuesday outlined a stepped-up urban forestry and fuels-management effort that county staff said will expand fuels treatments and coordinate grant-funded thinning across the region.
Parks Administrator Erica Seward said the Board of Supervisors approved a funding allocation that supports an $850,000 general-fund program component that staff have used to leverage additional grant dollars. "This is the delivery of fuels reduction in this way," Seward said, describing a new project manager position to be paid in part…
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