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Fire Safe Council outlines Smith-to-Klamath landscape approach; board invited to support shared stewardship
Del Norte County Board of Supervisors · January 14, 2026
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Summary
Del Norte Fire Safe Council presented a ‘Smith-to-Klamath’ proposal for large-scale fuel breaks (approx. 30,000 acres) and 100,000 acres of prescribed fire, estimating roughly $135 million over 10 years and seeking county coordination and letters of support.
Aaron Babcock, coordinator of the Del Norte Fire Safe Council, briefed the Board on a regional initiative to expand wildfire mitigation across a broad landscape corridor from the Oregon border down to the Klamath River.
Babcock described a plan combining shaded fuel breaks (about 30,000 acres), a 3,000-acre ridge-top…
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