Claremont and North Quincy Forest Resiliency Projects Heritage Survey

Wide-scale fires have devastated communities near and around Quincy. By conducting a time-sensitive and broad survey of 7,700 acres throughout the Mt. Hough Ranger District, Plumas National Forest District could begin their fuel-reduction work while also protecting significant cultural resources in the region.

ESA prepared and implemented a survey plan to complete a pedestrian survey of all accessible portions of a 12,800-acre area in the vicinity. Over the course of 4 months, ESA surveyed more than 7,700 acres of the Mt. Hough Ranger District. During this survey, 50 new resources were identified, documented, and recorded on DPR 523 site record forms. Additionally, more than 90 isolates were identified and recorded. ESA also developed several GIS-based resource documentation tools and forms to streamline the survey and resource recordation process. These tools make both field recordation and post-field data processing easier and faster so that preliminary field results data can be provided to the client quickly. Project deliverables consisted of an inventory report with the DPR site record forms and a GIS database documenting the results of the project including survey coverage, resources and isolates identified.