Nearly 400 people filled the Orton Center at the University of Redlands, with more than 350 additional participants joining online, for the Wildfire & Forest Resilience Task Force’s Inland Empire Regional Meeting on September 4. Hosted by the Inland Empire Community Foundation and the Inland Empire Resource Conservation District, the gathering spotlighted issues of particular importance to Southern California and the Inland Empire.

If you couldn’t make it in person, or missed the real-time webinar, video recordings are available below.

INLAND EMPIRE REGIONAL MEETING AGENDA HIGHLIGHTS

• Wildfire Resilience in the Inland Empire: Collaborative Efforts Producing Results – State, federal, and nonprofit partners highlighted the Inland Empire’s unique landscape and discussed how partnerships and fuels treatments boosted wildfire preparedness and response in the 2024 fire season.
  
• Southern California’s Roadmap to Resilience: Regional Strategies and Partnerships – Regional leaders will highlight how cooperative agreements and partnerships turned strategies into action on protecting communities, reducing ignitions, and restoring landscapes.
• Tracking, Funding, and Measuring Progress in Southern California: Experts will explore how new approaches are broadening funding sources and shifting wildfire resilience tracking from acres to outcomes.