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Forest Supervisor outlines fuels targets, Fredonia trail progress and recreation plans
Summary
Lassen National Forest Supervisor Rick Hobson updated the Board on the agency's chief priorities — safety, fuels and forest-health work — described targets for fuels and timber work, and said the Forest Service will support a 24.5-mile Fredonia trail grant and is preparing public scoping for enhancements to the Gallatin boat ramp.
Rick Hobson, forest supervisor for the Lassen National Forest, told the Board of Supervisors the Forest Service’s top priority is "the safety of our employees and the public" and outlined actions to reduce wildfire risk and expand recreation access.
Hobson said the agency completed several projects last year and has ambitious targets for fiscal year 2026: about 24,000 acres of fuels treatment and roughly 52,000,000 board feet of timber production. He described staffing and seed shortages that limit reforestation (he said reforestation target this year is only 140 acres) and noted the need to triple recent…
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