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Weed to spend CalFire grant dollars on mastication and hand-thinning across 500 acres
Summary
Council awarded two CalFire-funded fuel mitigation contracts—mastication to Hard Rock Engineering for $39,100 and hand-thinning to America Reforesting for $124,670—bringing the city closer to a multi-year goal of about 500 acres of fuel-reduction work around Weed.
Fire and emergency staff reported progress on grant-funded fuel mitigation. The city has already committed earlier phases (250 acres) and, with these awards, will add another 46 acres of mastication and 191 acres of hand-thinning operations. Staff said work is prioritized where machines can operate and where hand crews are needed for archaeological or sensitive areas.
Council approved both contract awards; funding comes from a CAL FIRE grant and will not be charged to the general fund. The fire staff described the use of specialized contractors, the need for right-of-entry agreements on private parcels, and the benefits to the city’s wildland-urban interface risk profile as work accumulates toward roughly 500 acres.
