Objectives

The Weaverville Community Forest is a multi-year stewardship agreement on approximately 13,000 acres of forested public (BLM and USFS) lands located in and around the town of Weaverville in Trinity County, California. This agreement meets the management objectives of the Weaverville community, BLM and USFS for multiple use resource management, reducing hazardous fuels near wildland urban interface, improving overall forest health, protecting viewsheds, and other resource values.

Background

The Weaverville Community Forest is located within the wildland-urban interface of the town of Weaverville in Trinity County, California. Weaverville was founded in 1848 as a gold mining settlement, and is approximately 45 miles west of Redding. This historic town still exhibits much of Trinity County’s 19th century character. It is nestled in the Weaver Creek basin, surrounded by public and private forest lands, and is near the Trinity Alps Wilderness. Weaverville is Trinity County’s largest community, with a population of 3,500 in an otherwise sparsely populated county (Trinity County has a population of less than 14,000).

Weaverville Community Forest Partners

  • Bureau of Land Management
     
  • Shasta-Trinity National Forest
     
  • Natural Resources Conservation Service
     
  • Trinity County
     
  • Northwest California RC&D Council
     
  • Weaverville Basin Trail Committee
     
  • Trinity County Fire Safe Council
     
  • State Water Resources Control Board
     
  • UC Cooperative Extension
     
  • Community Members
     

Stewardship Elements

  • Promote healthy forest stands and reduce fire hazards through vegetation management
     
  • Road and trail maintenance and modification to improve or maintain water quality
     
  • Weed management
     
  • Watershed and wildlife habitat improvement
     
  • Cultural resources protection & interpretation
     
  • Effectiveness monitoring
     
  • Community outreach and outdoor education
     
  • Increase recreational use
     

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