After largest fire in CA history, forest service crews prep for tree removal

WILLOWS, CA, 7/25/22 – Forest crews will go forward with plans to remove hazardous fire-killed and -injured trees from just over 1,500 acres of Mendocino National Forest affected by the 2020 August Complex fire, after Acting Forest Supervisor Kristen Sexton signed a decision finalizing the project’s environmental planning stages. 

The Plaskett-Keller August Complex project will involve tree removal from roads and campgrounds on just over 1,500 acres on the Mendocino National Forest’s Covelo and Grindstone Ranger Districts. Crews plan to remove some trees from the area in and around the Plaskett Meadows Campground, which has not reopened since the blaze due to the safety hazards of dead and damaged trees. The campground will not be able to reopen until the hazards are addressed, according to materials from the Forest Service.