The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection () in January announced it expected to receive $5 million in federal funding to support the California Forest Improvement Program (CFIP).
This funding comes as part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture鈥檚 Inflation Reduction Act funding to strengthen financial incentives for private forest landowners to manage their forests sustainably and to permanently conserve private forests in partnership with states. Nearly $210 million was awarded as competitive grants to state agencies, for-profit entities and a broad array of non-profit organizations.
The will deliver technical assistance and direct cost share payments to support the implementation of forest resilience and climate mitigation practices across 2,458 acres of private nonindustrial forest land with this additional funding.
joins the Exchange to discuss the challenges in forestry resilience amid the impact of climate change. Stewart is the Staff Chief of the Wildfire Resilience Program at CAL FIRE.
