FIRE SAFE ROADWAYS

WORKING GROUP

Caltrans is working with other agencies and stakeholders to focus on creating a fire-safe state highway system that will help minimize wildfire ignitions and ensure emergency evacuation routes are identified at the County-level and prioritized in vegetation management and fuel reduction work.

Work Group Leads

Lisa Worthington, Caltrans

Tyrone Kelley, US Forest Service

Key Actions Assigned:

2.24 – 2.29

THE LATEST

USFS Issues Old Growth Technical and Reforestation Strategy Reports

Reports call for strengthening the nation's forests, communities, and local economies.

State and Federal Agencies Make Significant Investments in Urban Greening

Creating more sustainable communities by using natural and green infrastructure approaches.

CAL FIRE Forest Health Awards

$142.6 million has been awarded for statewide investments in projects intended to enhance carbon storage and increase forest resiliency.

CDPH Publishes Air Pollution Health Burden Mapping Dashboard

Mapping the health burden in California related to air pollution and wildfire smoke.

Wildfire & Forest Resilience Treatment Tracking and Mapping

The Task Force’s Monitoring, Reporting and Assessment Work Group updated their efforts to build an interagency treatment tracker.

Planscape now lives on the Task Force website

This version of the tool is available for beta testing, with the region-specific scenarios released this summer.

California’s Year in Fire

California’s Year in Fire is a framework that works to comprehensively account for annual wildfire impacts on social and ecological systems.

USFS Invests Nearly $200M to Reduce Wildfire Risk to Communities

Part of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Act, the Community Wildfire Defense Grant Program makes $1 billion available over five years to assist communities impacted by severe disaster.

NRCS California Plans Expanded Conservation Investments

NRCS California announced a 2023 investment of over $20 million for climate-smart agriculture practices and forest resiliency in California

USDA Invests More than $48.6 Million to Manage Risks, Combat Climate Change

USDA will invest more than $48.6 million this year through the Joint Chief's Landscape Restoration Partnership for 14 projects