05/28/2026
Landscapes like this are why we do what we do.
Five years after the devastating 2020 Gold Fire, the scars on this Lassen County terrain run deep. Left alone, fire-impacted forests don’t always return to a state of balance. Instead, standing dead hazard trees and dense, fast-regenerating understory brush create an incredibly volatile environment, a secondary fuel bed primed for another high-intensity wildfire.
Through the Butte Creek Hazardous Fuel Reduction Project, our team at Stewardship West took on the responsibility of rewriting this landscape’s future.
Spanning 276 acres of critical Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI), we finalized the strategic layout and compliance to execute comprehensive fuels reduction. By systematically clearing fire-damaged hazards, thinning dense small-diameter trees, and breaking up fuel continuity at least 150 feet out from homes, this initiative safeguards over two dozen rural structures and secures essential emergency evacuation routes.
Forests like this need active, science-driven management to heal. We are proud to partner with the Pit Resource Conservation District (Pit RCD) and CAL FIRE to bring structural resilience, safety, and long-term ecological recovery back to this community.
🌲 Project Snapshot: 276 Acres | Lassen County, CA | Funded by CAL FIRE’s Wildfire Prevention Grants Program
