BLM Prescribed Fire

BLM Signs Environmental Assessment to Streamline Fuels Reduction Projects

BLM Prescribed Fire

BLM Signs Environmental Assessment to Streamline Fuels Reduction Projects


Taking an aggressive approach to reduce wildfire risk in California and northwest Nevada, the Bureau of Land Management signed the Statewide Wildland-Urban Interface Fuels Treatment Programmatic Environmental Assessment.

Several years in the making, the Assessment will streamline planning processes allowing fuels reduction projects to move forward quickly when funding is available. This tool will be accessible to other organizations that want to coordinate fuels treatments adjacent to BLM lands, such as fire safe councils and private landowners. It’s estimated the Assessment will allow an additional 20,000 acres of public land to be treated each year, bringing the Task Force closer to reaching target milestones in the Fire-Adapted Communities Key Action areas.

On August 8, 2023 BLM officials signed a Decision Record signing to signify the beginning of the Assessments’s implementation.

The fuels reduction project that this Assessment will help streamline aims to reduce the intensity, severity, and the spread of wildfire on public lands by reducing overgrowth, creating fuel breaks and thinning forest density. As a result, communities in and around BLM lands will experience reduced likelihood of loss of life, property, and community infrastructure from wildfires.


Person On Snowmobile in the Mountains

California’s Joint Strategy for Sustainable Outdoor Recreation & Wildfire Resilience

Person On Snowmobile in the Mountains

California’s Joint Strategy for Sustainable Outdoor Recreation & Wildfire Resilience


This Joint Strategy, developed by the Task Force Sustainable & Accessible Recreation Key Working Group, provides a roadmap for improved access to sustainable outdoor recreation, with a focus on areas where wildfires are impacting those opportunities throughout California.

Read the Joint Strategy Report

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