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Mosquito Fire Restoration

Restores the area burned in the 2022 Mosquito Fire with manual and mechanical treatments: removing hazard trees along roads and trails, building fuel breaks, replanting, controlling invasive plants, and managing roads.2

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
American River Ranger District, Tahoe National Forest; Placer and El Dorado counties, California; from Baker Ranch east to Mumford Bar along the Foresthill Divide, north to the North Fork American River Canyon rim.1
Size
About 8,950 acres of National Forest System lands2
Lead agency
USDA Forest Service, Tahoe National Forest, American River Ranger District1
Review
Environmental assessment, expected on the project page; the folder also lists a signed FONSI1
Legal citation
Emergency actions under Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, Section 40807; non-emergency actions subject to 36 CFR 2182
Status
Project page lists Pre NEPA; the folder shows a final EA and FONSI uploaded March 27, 20261

Timeline

  1. NEPA Start Date1
  2. Comment email correction3
  3. Expected decision1

Documents USDA Forest Service published

What the documents say

LegalNotice affidavit Mosquito Project

Opportunity to Comment
Announces the proposed restoration of the 2022 Mosquito Fire area on about 8,950 acres in Placer County and a project-specific Forest Plan amendment for the Big Trees area.2
Emergency authority
Lists six emergency actions, including hazard tree removal, roadside fuel breaks, tree planting and invasive plant control, exempt from pre-decisional review under Section 40807.2
How to comment
Gives a 30-day comment period from the November 1, 2025 publication in The Union, with mail, fax and email submission options.2

Commenting email address

Correction
Corrects the comment email address printed on the Notice of Proposed Action, which contained a typo.3

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Sources

  1. Mosquito Fire Restoration: Forest Service project pagefs.usda.gov
  2. LegalNotice affidavit Mosquito Projectusfs-public.app.box.com
  3. Commenting email addressusfs-public.app.box.com