The Groves Defensible Space

The project consists of 4 shaded fuel reduction treatments and treatment of emergency access road totaling 9.6acres located in the County owned open space intermixed with The Groves Housing Development in the foothills of the unincorporated community of Orcutt. The project will utilize hand crews to reduce flammable fuel volume by removing dead material, reducing ladder fuels, and selectively thinning standing vegetation. The existing fuel is predominately mature oak woodland with scattered chap...