The Upper Millwood FB project lies in the Hwy 180 corridor of the Sierra foothills at around 5000 ft elevation, approximately 45 miles east of Fresno and just west of the entrance to Kings Canyon and Sequoia National Parks. The project lies in an enclave of 3 dozen large State Responsibility Area (SRA) in-holdings embedded in the Sequoia National Forest Federal Responsibility Area (FRA). The project's 128 SRA acre 400 ft wide shaded fuel break sections follow Upper Millwood, Davis and Delilah roads, meshing with Hume Lake Ranger District (HLRD) fuel breaks (e.g.the Rough Fire Fuel Break MacKenzie and Pine Ridge fuel breaks) , and creating a landscape scale east-west fuel break system across the north portion of the Treatment Influence Zone (TIZ). Other SRA sections of this project run south along the roads leading to Hwy 180 and the adjacent At-Risk communities of Dunlap, Miramonte and Pinehurst with approximately 1100 residents, approx. 650 habitable structures and thousands of annual visitors of Kings Canyon and Sequoia NP's.

• A shaded fuel break is exactly that: shaded. Removed brush is generally chipped or masticated into the soil to speed decay into mulch, which improves soil, water retention, and general forest health, and trees are left to provide shade.

• Oak to Timberline will contract with Licensed Timber Operators (LTO) to perform the work. On private lands, they will be prepared to thin and remove, masticate, or chip brush; fell small trees, and limb up larger trees to prevent fuel spread into the canopy. On Federal Land, hand crews with chainsaws will thin brush, remove small trees, and pile debris for later burning.

• OTFSC will also contract with a Registered Forest Professional (RPF) who will complete an environmental study to meet the mandated California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requirements.

• Landowners are now individually giving their consent to making this project a reality. As work begins, your questions and concerns are vital to the success of the project.