Januray 6th, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection announced the receipt of $5 million to support the California Forest Improvement Program. This funding is part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Inflation Reduction Act funding, aimed at strengthening financial incentives for private forest landowners to manage their forests sustainably and to permanently conserve private forests in partnership with states. CalFire’s program will provide 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.
United States Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack emphasized the importance of forests, noting that private forestlands make up more than half of all forests in the U.S. He stated that the Inflation Reduction Act is helping provide the necessary resources for private forest landowners to maintain working forests for future generations to enjoy their benefits.
Nearly $210 million of the Inflation Reduction Act funding was awarded as competitive grants to state agencies, for-profit entities, and a variety of non-profit organizations. This funding, made possible by investments from the Biden-Harris Administration’s Inflation Reduction Act, aims to provide financial incentives and opportunities for landowners to adopt sustainable forest management practices. These practices, such as thinning trees or removing invasive species, help reduce susceptibility to forest pests and diseases and lower the risks of catastrophic wildfires.
For details on these funded proposals, visit the Forest Service Forest Landowner Support Funded Projects webpage. More information about the California Forest Improvement Program can be found on the program’s webpage.
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