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State Parks Wildfire and Forest Resilience Program: State Parks has been working across the state to better protect California’s State Park System from extreme wildfires like those experienced in recent years. Through the State Parks Wildfire and Forest Resilience Program, park districts have been busy using prescribed fires, also known as prescribed burns, to restore health to ecosystems that naturally depend on fire. This program also helps prepare park facilities and operations for wildland fires. Read about State Parks’ prescribed burns efforts.
Sea Level Rise Adaptation Strategy: Also, in response to sea level rise, associated changes to the coastal landscape, as well as evolving science and state policy, State Parks has developed a Sea Level Rise Adaptation Strategy to provide a framework to address the impacts of sea level rise in coastal state park units. The Strategy is designed to address the unique resources and needs of state parks in a holistic manner. Learn about State Parks’ Sea Level Rise Adaptation Strategy.
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Significant State investments are powering wildfire resilience and forest health. Our grants and prevention investments provide training to rural fire departments, bolster the forest sector workforce, and directly protect fire-threatened communities.

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High-severity wildfire is occurring at striking rates in Sierra Nevada forests. On top of all-hazard emergency and fire response, CAL FIRE is implementing proven fire-prevention strategies, working to enforce sustainable logging practices, and reforesting woodlands after catastrophic events.

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The team at California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) are dedicated to the fire prevention, fire protection and stewardship of over 31 million acres of California’s privately-owned wildlands. In addition, the Department provides varied emergency services in 36 of the State’s 58 counties via contracts with local governments.
Preventing wildfires in the State Responsibility Area is a vital part of CAL FIRE’s mission. While these efforts have occurred since the early days of the Department, CAL FIRE has adapted to the evolving destructive wildfires and succeeded in significantly increasing its efforts in fire prevention. We work to prevent wildfire through wildland pre-fire engineering, vegetation management, fire planning, education and law enforcement.
 
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As part of the Governor's Climate Action Team, CAL FIRE identified and has begun to analyze potential opportunities for GHG mitigation from the following activities:

Reforestation: Reforestation is the planting and re-establishment of trees on lands that were previously covered with native forests. Mature forests store more carbon than brush or grasslands, therefore reforestation of burned, diseased or harvested sites will speed up the rate of C02 sequestration and provide more mitigation benefits in the near term.
Conservation: Forest conservation preserves forestland by preventing development of forests or conversion to other uses. This protects the existing carbon stored in standing trees and maintains the land's inherent capacity for sequestering maximum amounts of C02 into the future.
Forest Management: Forest management includes activities to improve forest health and to increase productivity such as reforestation, stand thinning, removal of competing vegetation, fuels reduction and timber harvest. Actions that promote faster growth, bigger trees, and forest stands that are more resistant to insects, disease and fire can result in more rapid C02 sequestration and can reduce risk of emissions from mortality and wildfires.
Fuels Management and Biomass: Fuels management is the reduction of tree density, brush or other vegetation to decrease fire hazard. Fuels management in high risk and high hazard areas may result in net mitigation benefits by preventing wildfires and reducing damage. When fuel biomass is used to generate energy rather than burned or directed to landfill, it provides additional benefits as an alternative to fossil fuel.
Urban Forestry: Urban forestry is the planting and management of trees in urban areas. Urban trees that shade houses can reduce energy use for air conditioning in hot climates. They also sequester C02 as they grow. Finally, if urban wood waste is used to generate energy, it reduces the use of fossil fuels.

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For the second time in a month, wildland fires are burning through parched forests near Yosemite National Park. The fast-moving Oak fire in Mariposa County, west of the park, has forced thousands of people to evacuate their homes. The smaller Washburn fire, now mostly contained by firefighters, burned earlier this month in Madera County, along the southern edge of the park. Both have moved through drought-parched forests that are stressed and vulnerable due to climate change.
On July 24, 2022, the Operational Land Imager-2 (OLI-2) on Landsat 9 acquired an image of the Oak fire (above) and the brown, drought-parched landscape. According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, 90 percent of Mariposa and Madera counties currently face “exceptional” drought, the most severe category on the scale.
Notice the red lines of flame retardant along the eastern flank of the fire. Aircraft including a DC-10, BAe-146, and an S-2T have been observed dropping retardant in the area. Seventeen helicopters are also fighting the fire, along with thousands of firefighters on the ground, according to Cal Fire.

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We protect and restore California wildlands—85 million acres of forests, watersheds, and wildlife habitat. 

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Our Department manages fourteen Demonstration State Forests which serve as a living laboratory to for how to care for California’s timberlands for multiple benefits—wood products and timber production, recreation, watershed protection and habitat restoration. 

Environmental Protection

CAL FIRE's own activities may impact the environment and are therefore subject to environmental review. The Environmental Protection Program ensures protection to the resources of the state through its sub-program areas. 

Reforestation Services Program

Growing enough trees to meet the increasing need is our highest priority—and future seedlings will contribute to the strength and restoration of the state’s forestlands. We provide resources to protect and restore disturbed and degraded forests, maximizing their values, enhancing ecosystem functions, and increasing resiliency from climatic impacts. 

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Cultural heritage resources, which include places where past events occurred and where material traces of these events can be found, are especially vulnerable.  Such traces include archaeological, historical and tribal cultural sites, structures, objects, features, places, cultural landscapes, sacred places and artifacts. 

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Before heading out, check with the forest you are planning to visit, as not all recreation opportunities are available year-round and vary from forest to forest.
  

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The Board of Forestry and Fire Protection provides that the State Forests shall be used for experimentation to determine the economic feasibility of artificial reforestation, and to demonstrate the productive and economic possibilities of good forest practices toward maintaining forest crop land in a productive condition. The State Forests grow approximately 75 million board feet of timber annually and harvest an average of 20 million board feet each year, enough to build 12,500 single-family homes. 

Jackson

Established: 1949
Area: 48,652 acres
Elevation: 80–2,200 ft
Precipitation: 39 inches per year along coast, 70 inches per year inland
Temperature: Max: 100 F - Min: 25 F

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Boggs Mountain

Established: 1949
Area: 3,493 acres
Elevation: 2,400–3,750 ft
Precipitation: 71 inches per year
Temperature: Max: 100 F - Min: 13 F

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Soquel

Established: 1990
Area: 2,700 acres
Elevation: 450–2,400 ft
Precipitation: 47.53 inches per year
Temperature: Max: 90 F - Min: 32 F

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LaTour

Established: 1946 as the first Demonstration State Forest
Area: 9,033 acres
Elevation: 3,800 – 6,740 ft
Precipitation: 46 inches per year mainly as snow
Temperature: Max: 90+ F – Min 0 F

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Mountain Home

Established: 1946
Area: 5,069 acres
Elevation: 4,800 – 7,600 ft
Precipitation: 42 inches per year
Temperature: Max: 78 - 45 F - Min: 45 - 25 F

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The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) operates 14 Demonstration State Forests totaling approximately 85,000 acres. The forests represent the most common forest types in the state. The forests provide research and demonstration opportunities for natural resource management, while providing public recreation opportunities, fish and wildlife habitat, and watershed protection.
Tribal Wildfire Resilience | CAL FIRE
Tribal Wildfire Resilience Grants work as needed with CAL FIRE’s Cultural Resource Management Program, including archeologists and CAL FIRE’s Tribal Liaison.
 


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Workforce Development & Business Development Grants with CAL FIRE (due March 8, 2024): business and workforce development projects that support healthy resilient forests and the people and ecosystems that depend on them. Includes wood products infrastructure, biomass process and manufacturing technology, training, and research and development.
Bridge Funding Opportunity Program from US Dept of Agriculture (due April 26, 2024): protects water quality with temporary bridge rental programs for portable skidder bridges, bridge mats, or other temporary water crossing structures to minimize stream bed disturbance on nonfederal and federal land.
Tribal Nature Based Solutions from California Natural Resources Agency (Applications currently closed): grants for ancestral land return, land management planning, and land management implementation.
Tribal Research Grant Program (Applications currently closed): grants for tribally led climate change research initiatives.
Tribal Capacity Building Pilot Program with Strategic Growth Council (Applications currently closed): grants and technical assistance to build staff capacity and advance climate-related work, including planning, grant writing, and project management.
Forest Health Grants with CAL FIRE (next round expected fall 2024): landscape scale (800+ acres) forest restoration and management projects including fuels reduction, reforestation, biomass utilization.
Wildfire Prevention Grants with CAL FIRE (next round expected fall 2024): Funds for projects in and near fire threatened communities to improve public health and safety.
California Grants Portal: Searchable website listing all State of CA grant and loan programs.


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We are grateful for your interest in Tribal Wildfire Resilience Grants. For information or any questions, please contact us at TribalWildfireResilienceGrants@fire.ca.gov.
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The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection's Fire and Resource Assessment Program (FRAP) assesses the amount and extent of California's forests and rangelands, analyzes their conditions and identifies alternative management and policy guidelines. 

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In the State of California, the health and risk factors associated with forest and rangelands are a matter of utmost importance. The Fire and Resource Assessment Program is committed to providing the highest quality spatial data, maps, and online data viewers to provide critical information that can help safeguard these vital resources.
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Conducted every seven years, the Forest and Rangeland Assessment links together state requirements for natural resource inventories and strategies, and the federal government's desire to rely more heavily on these state programs in determining priorities for funding.
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FRAP supports scientific studies that provide critical information and tools to forest landowners, resource agencies, fire management organizations and policy makers across California on a variety of topics related to forest health and management.
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Current grants: please submit completed environmental documents prior to any project activity that may have an effect on the environment, including any ground-disturbing activity to CEgrants.ceqa@fire.ca.gov for review. Include your grant agreement number in the subject line.

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FRAP and the Office of the State Fire Marshal updated Fire Hazard Severity Zones (FHSZ). The final regulation and map for the State Responsibility Area (SRA) were adopted on January 31, 2024, effective April 1, 2024.

 

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View a schedule of upcoming webinars and events, as well as videos of past webinars. 

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The Forest Health and Research Program's grant application period closed on April 27th. 

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Forest Health Research Grants

The CAL FIRE Forest Health Research Program supports scientific studies that provide critical information and tools to forest landowners, resource agencies, fire management organizations and policy makers across California on a variety of topics related to forest health and management. 

Fire Perimeters

The Fire and Resource Assessment Program compiles and provides Natural Hazard Disclosure maps and data for two types of fire hazard areas referred to in legislation as disclosure items in real estate transactions. 

Forest Inventory and Analysis

FRAP participates in the national FIA program. The inventory samples all forested lands in the US, regardless of ownership and management objectives.  Data collected by the FIA program captures and quantifies tree growth, removal, and mortality.  

Forest Fuels and Species Conservation


FRAP is dedicated to coordinating forest fuels reduction and species conservation issues. 

Treatment Monitoring

CAL FIRE proposes to significantly increase the pace and scale of forest restoration and prescribed fire by 2030. The increase in prescribed fire foreseen for California ecosystems over the coming decades represents a fundamental shift in vegetation management strategy and policy.   

Forest Carbon Monitoring

FRAP develops an annual Forest Ecosystem and Harvested Wood Product Carbon inventory.