White Sulphur Springs Ranch
Healthy Forest/Fuels Reduction Program

Posted 1-7-15


In 2012 the Mohawk Valley Stewardship Council (MVSC) was awarded a planning grant from the Sierra Nevada Conservancy, an agency dedicated to reducing the risk of catastrophic wildfires in the Sierras, to develop a fuels reduction plan for the White Sulphur Springs Ranch.

In order to develop this plan, the MVSC hired a Registered Professional Forester (RPF) and a hydrologist to analyze hazardous fuels conditions on the property. The RFP developed a timber harvest plan for the property and the hydrologist conducted surveys of the sensitive hydrological features on the property that will be protected during the fuels reduction work. The next step will be to seek implementation funds to reduce fuels on the property and to make the forest more resilient to wildfire.

The slide presentation below summarizes that project and the need to manage the forest area around the historic White Sulphur Springs Ranch.

  • A white sign that says white sulphur springs ranch on it

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  • A sign that says the risk of wildfire on it

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  • The vast possibilities of our great future will become realities only if we make ourselves responsible for that future

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  • A slide that says why thin the forest on it

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  • A black and white photo of a man sitting on a bench in a forest.

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  • A picture of a house with the words protection of history on it

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  • A picture of a forest with the words preservation of the forest

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  • A sierra nevada conservancy sign on a wooden wall

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  • The timber harvest plan is required by california law in order to remove trees from the land

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  • A map of the us forest service surrounding white sulphur springs ranch

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  • The white sulphur springs ranch has many unique hydrologic features that have been identified through the forest management plan.

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  • A sign that says sensitive features on white sulphur springs property

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  • A sign that says spring infrastructure on it

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  • A sign that says undeveloped springs on it

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  • A poster showing current conditions and treatment of trees

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  • A man is cutting trees with a chainsaw in a forest.

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  • Types of treatment : mastication a rotary head attached to a large excavator is used to grind small and medium sized trees

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  • A before and after picture of a forest with the words forest treatment examples

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  • There are two pictures of a forest before and after being thinned.

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  • A picture of a forest and a picture of a field with the words historic images capture changes over time

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  • A sign that says then and now on it

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  • A sign that says more trees on the landscape

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  • A picture of a rock with a quote on it

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  • Notice the spacing between trees decreasing over time

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  • A thank you card from the sierra nevada conservancy

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