Crocker Gate Fuel Break Extension - Phase 2 (San Bruno Mountain)

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This expanded fuel break in San Bruno Mountain State and County Park will reduce wildfire hazard between the park and neighboring communities, as well as improve safe ingress/egress for vehicles along the Crocker Ave and Alta Vista Way in Daly City, CA. This area is identified as a “potential shaded fuel break” and “High Priority Area” in the 2022 San Mateo County and Santa Cruz County Community Wildfire Protection Plan.

The treatment area is dominated by large, mature eucalyptus trees with an understory of small diameter eucalyptus, Monterey cypress, English and cape ivy, cotoneaster, Himalayan blackberry, and native shrubs. The project is a Phase 2, which will entail removing small diameter trees, clearing understory vegetation and ladder fuels to expand the Phase 1 5.6 acre fuel break initially created in fall 2025. The project will add 8.5 acres to the previously treated area and extend the full fuel break from Crocker Avenue to Guadalupe Canyon Parkway.