KNP Complex Wildfire Tree Hazard Mitigation Scoping Documents

Between July 22 and August 21, 2022, the National Park Service (NPS) sought public input on a proposal to mitigate roadside tree hazards resulting from the KNP Complex Wildfire which burned over 88,000 acres of Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks (parks) from September through October of 2021. Where fire crossed roadways, many of the fire-killed trees are now considered tree hazards - meaning they pose a direct risk to human safety and property due to the likelihood of their failure and potential to hit a human or man-made target along these developed corridors.

Through this scoping period, the NPS initiated a KNP Complex Wildfire Tree Hazard Mitigation Environmental Assessment to evaluate alternatives to minimize the threat to public safety and NPS infrastructure from tree hazards resulting from the KNP Complex Wildfire.

The proposed action during public scoping was to mitigate all tree hazards along roadways within the KNP burn perimeter, including sections of the Generals Highway, Mineral King Road, Crystal Cave Road, Crescent Meadow Road, and Redwood Canyon Road. In addition, the NPS proposed to treat fallen debris within a minimum of 20 feet, and no more than 80 feet, from the road's edge. Treatment options may include but are not limited to lopping and scattering limbs on site, piling and burning on site, broadcast chipping, chipping and hauling, hauling woody debris to a burn pit for burning, administrative use, or donation to Tribal Partners or other stakeholders.

The NPS accepting feedback on this planning effort through August 21, 2022 via this website and via mail to

Superintendent
Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks
Attn: KNP Complex Wildfire Tree Hazard Mitigation Project
47050 Generals Highway
Three Rivers, CA 93271

Document Content:

20220722_Tree Haz EA_Public Scoping_508_03.pdf   (1.5 MB, PDF file) PW-062 Hazard Tree Management Directive FINAL Signed 2-20-2015.pdf   (344.1 KB, PDF file) Disclaimer: Links within the above document(s) were valid as of the date published. Note: Some of the files may be in PDF format and can be viewed using the Adobe Acrobat Reader software. You may download a free copy of from Adobe Systems.