WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT

WORKING GROUP

The Workforce Development Work Group is completing a statewide forest and wood products workforce assessment to quantify current and projected unmet needs for forestry-related workers in an effort to inform investments in training and vocational programs.

Work Group Leads

Tim Robards, CAL FIRE

Becky Roe, California Community Colleges

Key Actions Assigned:

1.26 and 3.11

THE LATEST

USFS Invests Additional $33 Million in Deferred Maintenance Projects in California

Part of the Great American Outdoors Act of 2021.

State Agencies Fund Wildfire Resilience, Habitat Restoration and Conservation Projects

Two updates on funding for projects in coastal and Sierra regions.

USFS Releases New Forest Plans for Sequoia and Sierra National Forests

Final environmental impact studies prompt revised land management plans.

CNRA Publishes Annual Report on 30×30 Initiative

Shows real, tangible progress being made toward the 30x30 goal.

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.