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SLO MPRP Projects

Restoration Across the North Coast

Completed and ongoing resilience treatments in Monterey pine forestlands around Cambria and San Simeon. Each project's operational map is shown alongside the project details — click any map to open it full size.

Flagship project

Covell Ranch

Overview: 630 acres of treatments in Monterey pine forestlands.

Covell Ranch before treatment — dense understory along the access road
Pre-treatment
Covell Ranch after treatment — understory thinned along the access road
Post-treatment
Prior Conditions
Overly dense forest conditions due to fire exclusion
High degree of dead wood and fuel loading
Proliferation & spread of forest pathogens, causing tree mortality
Widespread invasive understory species such as French broom and pampas grass
Assets & Resources at Risk
Native Monterey pine forestland
Neighboring residential & commercial districts of Cambria
Covell Ranch facilities
Adjacent community water infrastructure, fire station, & cemetery
Partners

Covell Family, CAL FIRE San Luis Obispo Unit (SLU), San Luis Obispo Community Fire Safe Council (FSCSLO), and Upper Salinas–Las Tablas Resource Conservation District (US-LTRCD).

Operational Map
Covell Ranch — Forest Health Fuels Reduction Project operational map
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Hearst Ranch

Hearst Ranch after treatment — thinned Monterey pine stand above the coast
Post-treatment
Properties
Pico Creek: 306 acres of treatments in Monterey pine forestlands
San Simeon Point: 79 acres of treatments in planted Monterey pine, Monterey cypress, and blue gum eucalyptus habitat; 23 acres of potential prescribed burning in grassland
Prior Conditions
Overly dense forest conditions due to fire exclusion
High degree of dead wood and fuel loading
Low levels of Monterey pine regeneration
Assets & Resources at Risk
Native Monterey pine forestland
The town of San Simeon & adjacent Hearst Ranch facilities
Historic structures of Old San Simeon Village
Monarch butterfly overwintering habitat at San Simeon Point
Partners

Hearst Ranch, CAL FIRE San Luis Obispo Unit (SLU), San Luis Obispo Community Fire Safe Council (FSCSLO), and Upper Salinas–Las Tablas Resource Conservation District (US-LTRCD).

Operational Map
Hearst Ranch, Pico Creek — Forest Health Fuels Reduction Project operational map Hearst Ranch, San Simeon Point — Forest Health Fuels Reduction Project map
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Fiscalini West Ranch

Overview: 77 acres of treatments in Monterey pine forestlands.

Monterey pine forest along a stream corridor at Fiscalini West Ranch
Post-Treatment
Prior Conditions
Overly dense forest conditions due to fire exclusion
High degree of dead wood and fuel loading
Proliferation & spread of forest pathogens, causing tree mortality
Assets & Resources at Risk
Native Monterey pine forestland
Neighboring residential & commercial districts of Cambria
Monarch butterfly overwintering habitat
Public trails & recreation access
Partners

Friends of the Fiscalini Ranch Preserve, Greenspace–The Cambria Land Trust, Upper Salinas–Las Tablas Resource Conservation District (US-LTRCD), and San Luis Obispo Community Fire Safe Council (FSCSLO).

Operational Map
Friends of Fiscalini Ranch Preserve – West — Forest Health Fuels Reduction Project operational map
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Greenspace–Strawberry Canyon

Overview: 33 acres of treatments in Monterey pine forestlands.

Sheep grazing the understory inside temporary fencing at Strawberry Canyon
Active Operations
Prior Conditions
Overly dense forest conditions due to fire exclusion
High degree of dead wood and fuel loading
Proliferation & spread of forest pathogens, causing tree mortality
Assets & Resources at Risk
Native Monterey pine forestland
Neighboring residential district of Cambria
Public trails & recreation access
Partners

Greenspace–The Cambria Land Trust, Upper Salinas–Las Tablas Resource Conservation District (US-LTRCD), and San Luis Obispo Community Fire Safe Council (FSCSLO).

Operational Map
Greenspace–Strawberry Canyon — operations map
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Cambria Pines Ecological Reserve

Overview: 107 acres of treatments in Monterey pine forestlands, shrubland, and grassland.

Prescribed burn piles staged at Cambria Pines Ecological Reserve
Constructed Burn Piles
Prior Conditions
Overly dense forest conditions due to fire exclusion
High degree of dead wood and fuel loading
Proliferation & spread of forest pathogens, causing tree mortality
Widespread invasive understory species such as French broom and pampas grass
Assets & Resources at Risk
Native Monterey pine forestland
Neighboring residential & commercial districts of Cambria
Nearby Leffingwell & Coast Union High Schools
Partners

California Department of Fish and Wildlife, CAL FIRE San Luis Obispo Unit (SLU), Upper Salinas–Las Tablas Resource Conservation District (US-LTRCD), and San Luis Obispo Community Fire Safe Council (FSCSLO).

Operational Map
Cambria Pines Ecological Reserve — Cambria Reserves Restoration & Vegetation Management Project map
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UC Rancho Marino Reserve

Overview: 43 acres of treatments in Monterey pine forestlands.

Pile burning underway at UC Rancho Marino Reserve
Active Pile Burning
Prior Conditions
Overly dense forest conditions due to fire exclusion
High degree of dead wood and fuel loading
Proliferation & spread of forest pathogens, causing tree mortality
Assets & Resources at Risk
Native Monterey pine forestland
Residential neighborhoods in Cambria
Camp Ocean Pines facilities
Partners

UC Rancho Marino Reserve, CAL FIRE San Luis Obispo Unit (SLU), Upper Salinas–Las Tablas Resource Conservation District (US-LTRCD), and San Luis Obispo Community Fire Safe Council (FSCSLO).

Operational Map
UC Rancho Marino Reserve — Cambria Reserves Restoration & Vegetation Management Project map
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Additional Work on Strategic Private Lands

Overview: Over 180 acres of treatments in Monterey pine forestlands.

Private lands after treatment — Monterey pine regeneration establishing in the thinned understory
Prior Conditions
Overly dense forest conditions due to fire exclusion
High degree of dead wood and fuel loading
Proliferation & spread of forest pathogens, causing tree mortality
Widespread invasive understory species such as French broom and pampas grass
Assets & Resources at Risk
Native Monterey pine forestland
Neighboring residential & commercial districts of Cambria
Partners

Upper Salinas–Las Tablas Resource Conservation District (US-LTRCD) and San Luis Obispo Community Fire Safe Council (FSCSLO).

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