Forest Service begins August Complex remediation, asks for public comment — 4,500 acres in Mendocino National Forest to be salvage logged

LITTLE RIVER, 3/9/21 — The August Complex was the first ever “gigafire” in modern California history, meaning that it burned over one million acres, which, in this case, included over 600,000 acres in Mendocino National Forest. Now, the cleanup process is beginning. 

The U.S. Forest Service is seeking input on the “Plaskett-Keller” fire recovery project in Mendocino National Forest. The project will log dead or dying trees on 4,500 acres of forest around 15 miles from Covelo.