SACRAMENTO TASK FORCE MEETING RECAP
December 12, 2025
During the California Wildfire and Forest Resilience Task Force’s final meeting of 2025, Task Force and CAL FIRE leadership unveiled a slate of announcements that showcase how California’s unprecedented investments have led to large sustainable increases in wildfire prevention work with a focus on treatments that matter most.
Additionally, the Task Force provided a preview of the upcoming 2026 Wildfire and Landscape Resilience Action Plan, a new 10-year Roadmap to Resilience, and how we are moving beyond measuring progress simply by number of acres treated with new outcome-based measures.
Welcome & Executive Remarks
Co-chairs
- Wade Crowfoot, California Natural Resources Agency
- Jason Kuiken, U.S. Forest Service
Task Force Executive Committee
- Daniel Berlant, CAL FIRE
- Anne Cottrell, Rural County Representatives of CA
- Bobby Macaulay, CA State Assoc. of Counties
- Don Hankins, Indigenous Stewardship Network
- Miranda Flores, Governor’s Office of Land Use & Climate Innovation
- Katy Landau, Cal EPA
Director’s Report
Patrick Wright, Wildfire and Forest Resilience Task Force
SB 254 Natural Catastrophe Resiliency Study
Laurie Johnson, CA Earthquake Authority
Looking Back: What Have We Accomplished?
- Alan Talhelm, CAL FIRE
- Mike Sintetos, CAL FIRE
- Marissa Christiansen, Climate & Wildfire Institute
Looking Forward: The Draft 2026 Action Plan
Moderator: Steve Ostoja, CA Climate Hub & Co-chair Science Advisory Panel
Draft 10-Year Roadmap:
• Jonathan Long, USDA Climate Hub
• John Battles, UC Berkeley
Draft Framework for Mobilizing Regional Action:
• Forest Schafer, Task Force
• Brian Newman-Lindsay, CA Department of Conservation
• Frank Bigelow, CAL FIRE
New Interagency Shared Strategies & Recommendations:
• Christiana Darlington, CLERE, Inc.
• Michelle Selmon, Department of Fish & Wildlife
• Angie Lottes, CA Parks
• Emily Blackmer, Sierra Business Council
• Kyle Kabasares, NASA Ames
Closing Remarks
Task Force Co-Chairs