Tepusquet Canyon Vegetation Management Project

Tepusquet Canyon includes underserved communities and low income migrant workers, making this a high priority area from an equity perspective. The proposed vegetation management program would involve multiple components, with some prescribed fire, a lot of roadside hand crew work, a few fuel breaks, and possibly some prescribed grazing. All portions of this project are within SB County jurisdiction, however, there is great potential and need to bridge the area into the Los Padres National Forest (LPNF). The LPNF completed the Brookshire Prescribed Fire Project between 2004 and 2009, which were found to be successful in the containment of the 2009 La Brea Fire.

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Status: Completed (Grant received for non-federal components of project; no action on federal portion as of yet.)

Cost: Medium

Partners: Santa Barbara County Fire Department, Santa Barbara Fire Safe Council, Los Padres National Forest

Permitting: Requires PSA (Project Specific Analysis) under the California VTP's CEQA programmatic document. Federal portion of project may require NEPA review, however, the federally-owned portion of this project is not part of the current grant application.

Funding Sources: Cal Fire Fire Prevention Grant Cycle

Spatial Analysis:

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