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Forest supervisor delivers 100‑day report, outlines Fredonia trail, power‑line clearance and wildfire‑recovery plans
Summary
Forest Supervisor Rick Hopton told the Lassen County Board of Supervisors that several decisions have been signed and planning efforts accelerated: a 25‑mile Fredonia Buttes trail, a 42‑mile PG&E power‑line clearance with timber sales prepped, large NEPA projects including a 101,000‑acre West Lassen Headwaters plan and a slate of fuel‑break and salvage efforts aimed at reducing wildfire risk.
Rick Hopton, the forest supervisor, delivered a 100‑day report to the Lassen County Board of Supervisors outlining signed decisions and upcoming projects that county officials say could affect recreation, timber and wildfire recovery.
Hopton said he signed the Fredonia Buttes trail decision late last week, a project that he described as roughly 25 miles of trail and several trailhead developments. He thanked county staff, naming Pete Heimbigner and CAO Maureen Anderson, for early outreach on the project and offered to provide timber‑sale acreage and volume figures at a later date.
He also described a Hat Creek/PG&E power‑line clearance decision he signed in early July that covers about 42 miles of rights‑of‑way; roughly 7.5 miles of clearance were completed under a settlement and the remainder will be completed after the decision. Hopton said two timber sales (named Bolt and Watt) are being prepped for early fiscal…
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