CNRA Announces Tool to Improve Wildfire Resilience with Support from Google.org
CNRA announces tool to Improve Wildfire Resilience with Support from Google.org
The CNRA and the USDA FOREST SERVICE, along with support from Google.org, Google’s philanthropic arm, has developed Planscape – a new wildfire resilience planning tool that uses state and federal resilience data to create user-friendly models that will be easily accessible to land planners. A demonstration of Planscape was released at the California Wildfire & Forest Resilience Task Force meeting on September 27th, 2022. The new, open-source tool will permit everyone to evaluate fire risks and remedies.
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An Overview of Tools to Inform Land Management Decisions
A Guide FOR Land Managers
An Overview Of Tools To Inform Land Management Decisions
24 Decision Support Tools Researched/Analyzed To Help Guide Land Managers
The Science Advisory Panel of the California Wildfire & Forest Resilience Task Force, in collaboration with US Forest Service Region 5 and Pacific Southwest Research Station created this guide to help land managers, both government and private, better understand the tools available to them to help make the critical decisions required to keep their lands healthy and resilient.
Background
The project team curated a list of 24 available tools for land management decision-making in California. Tools included in the list were “application ready” and applied at a regional or larger scale. For each tool, they identified a range of characteristics that could help land managers determine which tool or tools best meet their needs. The characteristics were selected through the project team’s expertise and engagement with tool users and developers.
The following characteristics were
surveyed for each tool:
- Management applications
- Geographic and spatial domain
- Pillars of Resilience
- Metrics used
- Data input and output
- Key strengths and limitations
- Required expertise and training
- Model validation
- Sustainment and maintenance
- Financial cost
- Documented applications
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How To Use This Page
Below are two tables representing two key results of the survey conducted by the project team.• Table 1 shows which categories of Management Application apply to each of the tools.• Table 2 identifies which Pillars of Resilience (from the Tahoe Central Sierra Initiative Framework For Resilience) each tool addresses.Land Managers should review these result tables as a first step to determining which tools would be most applicable to their land management decision making needs.
Complete Survey Responses For Each Tool
Write-Up On Additional Findings
Authors
• Jennifer Smith
USDA California Climate Hub
• John Battles
UC Berkeley
• Patricia Manley
US Forest Service Pacific Southwest Research Station
• Steven Ostoja
USDA California Climate Hub
• Carlos Ramirez
US Forest Service Region 5 Information Management – MARS Team
• Peter Stine
Pacific Southwest Research Station
Camp Cinder
Camp Cinder
CAL FIRE’S summer program, Camp Cinder, inspires young women to join the future of the fire service.
Boggs Mountain Demonstration State Forest Research Video
Boggs Mountain Demonstration State Forest Research Video
Wildfire is increasingly impacting small to medium sized forest landowners. Deciding what to do with their land post-fire can be challenging, which is why CAL FIRE’s Fire and Resource Assessment Program has implemented a long term post-fire reforestation study at Boggs Mountain Demonstration State Forest. The results of this study will help inform landowners about different options for post-fire reforestation. The experiments and research conducted on Demonstration State Forests helps inform management practices for government, nonprofit and private forestland owners. Private forestland ownerships comprise 40% of California’s forestland and are key to sustaining forests for all California.
Community Wildfire Preparedness and Mitigation Division
Community Wildfire Preparedness and Mitigation Division
The Office of the State Fire Marshal’s Community Wildfire Preparedness and Mitigation Division works with federal, state, and local agencies, Native American tribes, non-profit entities, and other stakeholders to prepare California communities against the devastating effects of wildfire. The various programs within the division allow CAL FIRE to continue to build local and regional capacity, as well as developing, prioritizing, and implementing strategies and projects that create wildfire prepared communities. The tasks involve working with stakeholders on wildfire planning to reduce or eliminate fire hazards and risks, modifying the environment by removing or reducing receptive fuels, conducting fire hazard compliance inspections, and providing education and grant opportunities for wildfire prevention efforts.
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California Incident Data and Statistics Program (CalStats)
CAL FIRE’S Land Use Planning Program
Meet the Scientists Working To Save Fire-Ravaged Giant Sequoias
Meet the Scientists Working to Save Fire Ravaged Giant Sequoias
April 30, 2022 – A collection of scientist, foresters and land managers is trying to rebuild the ancient sequoia stands lost in California’s historic wildfires and ensure survival of the hallowed giants. The San Francisco Chronicle profiled them in a fascinating column.
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CAL FIRE Reforestation
Services Program
National Park Service
Giant Reforestation
Overview