Cherry Lake - Credit: USDA
November 28, 2023 - SONORA, Calif – The Stanislaus National Forest is seeking your comments on the Social and Ecological Resilience Across the Landscape 2.0, or SERAL 2.0, project.
The proposal includes the use of prescribed fire, hand thinning, mastication, mechanical forest thinning, non-native invasive weed control and limited salvage operations to achieve the project’s objectives to increase landscape resilience to disturbances such as wildfire, provide economic opportunities to local communities, reduce the spread of non-native vegetation, and to reduce safety hazards across public lands.
“Building upon the tremendous collaborative planning and implementation of the first SERAL decisions, the SERAL 2.0 project incorporates lessons learned and truly brings us to a landscape scale,” said Stanislaus National Forest Supervisor Jason Kuiken. “These proactive hazardous fuels treatments will further reduce the wildfire risk to various communities, iconic recreation sites and critical infrastructure as well as improve habitat for a myriad of aquatic and terrestrial species.”
The SERAL 2.0 project spans approximately 260,000 acres located within the Yosemite Stanislaus Solutions collaborative area, north of the South Fork Tuolumne River, west of the Clavey River, and east of the Highway 108, with portions located on the Calaveras, Groveland, Mi-Wok, and Summit Ranger Districts.
Information related to the proposed action and how and when to comment can be found on the project webpage at: https://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=63557. Comments may be submitted electronically through the project website by clicking the “Comment/Object on Project” link located under “Get Connected”. Comments will be accepted for 30-days and must be received by 9 p.m. Pacific Time, Monday, December 18, 2023.
If you prefer, written comments may also be submitted via mail to Stanislaus National Forest, Attn: SERAL, 19777 Greenley Road, Sonora, CA 95370.
Source: Stanislaus National Forest
