SACRAMENTO TASK FORCE MEETING RECAP

June 6, 2025

The Task Force quarterly meeting at the California Natural Resources Agency in Sacramento brought together regional leaders for a provocative conversation about how we can most efficiently expend state dollars to meet the state’s wildfire needs.

Thanks to the Governor and the Legislature more than $1.5 billion is available to spend on wildfire resilience projects throughout the state. At the Task Force meeting, a panel of regional leaders offered their insights on how to most efficiently and effectively expend those funds to meet their priorities, along with how they are organizing to align with state goals and drive rapid wildfire resilience work on the ground.

A second panel of agency leaders discussed how they’re coordinating across programs and funding sources, including Prop 4, to support regional partners and accelerate on-the-ground wildfire resilience.

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Welcome & Executive Remarks

Co-chairs

  • Wade Crowfoot, California Natural Resources Agency
  • Chris Feutrier, U.S. Forest Service

Task Force Executive Committee

  • Anale Burlew, CAL FIRE
  • Joe Stout, Bureau of Land Management
  • Katy Landau, California Environmental Protection Agency
  • Don Hankins, Indigenous Stewardship Network
  • Abby Edwards, Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation
  • Doug Teeter, Rural County Representatives of California

Director’s Report

Patrick Wright, Wildfire and Forest Resilience Task Force

Regional Progress in Planning & Priority Setting

Moderator: Angie Lottes, CA State Parks

Southern California: Jeff Heys, U.S. Forest Service

Sierra Nevada: Sarah Campe, Sierra Nevada Conservancy – Paul Ringold, Giant Sequoia Lands Coalition

Northern California: Karen Gaffney, North Coast Resource Partnership – Alison Blodorn, Inner Coast Collaborative

Central Coast: Kostoula Vallianos, CA Coastal Conservancy – Timothy Federal, San Mateo RCD

Agency Preparations for Regional Funding

Moderator: Nick Goulette, Watershed Center 

Lisa Lien-Mager, CA Natural Resources Agency 

Shanna Atherton, Department of Conservation

Alan Talhelm, CAL FIRE

Angie Avery, Sierra Nevada Conservancy

Evyan Borgnis Sloane, CA Coastal Conservancy

Rebecca Fris, Wildlife Conservation Board

Closing Remarks

Task Force Executive Committee