California’s ProgressOn Wildfire And LandscapeResilience

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Progress In Key Areas


Building Local Capacity to Achieve Resilience


Recognizing the importance of locally driven solutions, California continues to empower local organizations with resources to implement projects tailored to unique regional needs to ensure that California’s most vulnerable communities are protected from wildfires

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Strengthening Community Resilience


  • Reducing Ignitions and Hardening Infrastructure
  • Hardening Structures and Creating Defensible Space
  • Building Community Resilience Networks
  • Improving Public Health and Safety
  • Establishing Fire Management Zones and Strategic Fuel Breaks
  • Advancing Utility Wildfire Resilience Partnerships
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Expanding Landscape Resilience


  • Increasing the Use of Beneficial Fire
  •  Expanding Prescribed Grazing
  • Restoring Post-fire Landscapes
  • Improving the Resilience of State-Owned Lands
  • Supporting Non-Industrial Private Landowners
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Enhancing Efficiency & Capacity


  • Streamlining Regulatory Programs
  • Expanding Workforce and Career Development Pathways
  • Expanding Markets for Wood Products
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Achieving Multiple State, Federal & Tribal Priorities


  • Supporting Indigenous Stewardship
  • Improving Climate Resilience
  • Conserving Biodiversity
  • Expanding Recreational Opportunities
  • Enhancing Watershed Protection
  • Supporting Economic Development in the Forest-based Sector
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Increasing Transparency & Measuring Results


  • Accelerating Planning and Priority Setting
  • Measuring Results and Providing Public Transparency
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Regional Accomplishments




Additional Project Metrics


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Patrick Wright,
– Director

Forest Schafer,
– Deputy Director

Kristen Merrill,
– Program Manager

Nic Enstice,
– Science Coordinator

Sky Biblin,
– Communications Coordinator

Sean Couch,
– Analyst

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