The Sierra Nevada is a fire-dependent ecosystem that, for too long, has not been allowed to care for itself naturally. Forest Service efforts will provide the best opportunity available to bring fire back to the landscape and ensure that our forest can accept it in a sustainable, resilient way when there are natural fire occurrences.
The SERAL project "is applying a full suite of needed treatments; mastication, biomass removal, machine, and hand piling for burning, hand thinning, timber harvest, hazard tree removal, prescribed fire and fuel break construction and maintenance, to restore forest resilience at a landscape scale. Combined, these efforts will reduce hazardous fuels and create a landscape that can better withstand disturbances such as wildfire, insects, disease and drought conditions, while also protecting local communities, providing for critical species habitat and supporting forest use and recreational opportunities."
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