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Crozier Wildfire Resilience

Hazardous fuel reduction and reforestation on National Forest land after the 2024 Crozier Fire, including a 4.5-mile shaded fuel break along Mosquito Road, salvage of fire-damaged trees, prescribed burns and road repair, to protect Swansboro and Quintette.1

Facts from USDA Forest Service public records, each linked by number to its source; checked November 13, 2026. Section notes by ePlan.

At a glance

Where
Georgetown Ranger District, Eldorado National Forest, El Dorado County, California, near Slate Mountain and Swansboro, plus about 176 acres near Jakey's Hill.1
Size
Project area of about 4,551 acres, with a treatment footprint of 1,480 acres.2
Lead agency
USDA Forest Service, Eldorado National Forest, Georgetown Ranger District1
Review
Categorical exclusion, documented in a decision memo2
Legal citation
Wildfire Resilience CE, Section 605 of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act (16 USC 6591d); CE category 32.3 (9)2
Status
Decision memo signed August 7, 2025; project listed as completed1

Timeline

  1. Scoping Start1
  2. Comments most helpful by3
  3. Decision signed1

Documents USDA Forest Service published

What the documents say

CrozierFire DecisionMemo 20250807-dpf

BACKGROUND
Describes the 4,551-acre project area, the 1,968-acre Crozier Fire, and the Trailhead Fire area needing brush treatment on 90 acres.2
LOCATION
Places the project in the Rock Creek and Otter Creek sub-watersheds, with legal descriptions in T11N-T13N, R11E-R12E.2
DECISION
Approves salvage, thinning, reforestation with herbicide, fuel treatments, prescribed fire and road work to protect Swansboro, Quintette and Volcanoville.2
ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS
Applies the HFRA wildfire resilience CE (up to 3,000 acres allowed, 1,480 acres used) and finds no extraordinary circumstances, noting frog species.2

CrozierFire ScopingLtr 2025-0507 signed

Project Location
Gives 4,375 acres near Slate Mountain and 176 acres near Jakey's Hill within the Trailhead Fire footprint.3
Purpose
Aims to improve fire resilience and support native tree regeneration, reducing fuel loading to no more than 10-15 tons per acre.3
Creating Fire-Resilient Areas
Proposes treating about 1,400 acres, a 4.5-mile fuel break on Mosquito Road, salvage up to 860 acres, and planting 350 acres.3
Categorical Exclusion
Preliminary assessment cites the HFRA Section 605 CE; adit closures possibly excluded separately under 36 CFR 220.6(d)(1).3

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Sources

  1. Crozier Wildfire Resilience: Forest Service project pagefs.usda.gov
  2. CrozierFire DecisionMemo 20250807-dpfusfs-public.app.box.com
  3. CrozierFire ScopingLtr 2025-0507 signedusfs-public.app.box.com