Dec 10, 2024
Advocacy | Forest and Public Lands Stewardship About State Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILT)California’s Payment-In-Lieu-of-Taxes (PILT) program was established in 1949 to offset adverse impacts to county property tax revenues that result when the state acquires private property for wildlife management areas. Fish & Game Code Section 1504...
Dec 10, 2024
Advocacy | Forest and Public Lands Stewardship Forestry ReformRCRC advocates strongly for increasing the pace and scale of forest management on California’s federal public lands. Most of these areas suffer from extreme overstocking of timber, creating an unhealthy forest that is susceptible to...
Dec 10, 2024
Advocacy | Forest and Public Lands Stewardship Fish and WildlifeRCRC member counties have land use and public trust responsibilities over resource-related issues, including fish and wildlife. The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (DFW) and the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) are...
Nov 22, 2024
Advocacy | Forest and Public Lands Stewardship Padilla Conservation, Public Lands, Wildfire, and Water Bills Advance in SenateOn November 19, 2024, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA) announced that the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR) advanced 10 bills he introduced to conserve California public lands, mitigate wildfire risk, expand the...
Nov 15, 2024
Advocacy | Forest and Public Lands Stewardship Insurance Commissioner Finalizes New Catastrophe Modeling RegulationsOn Thursday, November 14th, California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara announced that his office had sent the final version of his proposed regulations on catastrophe modeling for insurance ratemaking to the state Office of Administrative Law for approval....
Nov 15, 2024
Advocacy | Forest and Public Lands Stewardship Call to Action: Urge U.S. House of Representatives to Pass Secure Rural Schools Reauthorization ActOn Tuesday November 12th, the Senate approved, by unanimous consent, the Secure Rural Schools Reauthorization Act (S. 2581). This bipartisan measure, reintroduced in 2024 by Senators Crapo (R-ID), Wyden (D-OR), Risch (R-ID), and Merkley (D-OR), would reauthorize...
Oct 04, 2024
Advocacy | Forest and Public Lands Stewardship U.S. House of Representatives Passes Fix Our Forests ActLast week, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Fix Our Forests Act (H.R. 8790), This bipartisan piece of legislation focuses on improving forest management and reducing the threat of catastrophic wildfires. The Act promotes enhanced cooperation...
Sep 27, 2024
Advocacy | Forest and Public Lands Stewardship Members of Congress Urge Forest Service to Take Additional Measures to Protect Old-Growth ForestsOn September 19, 2024, Congress Member Doris Matsui (D-Sacramento) and Representative Jared Huffman (D-North Coast) led a group of 33 lawmakers in sending a letter to Secretary Tom Vilsack, supporting the U.S. Forest Service’s (USFS) National...
Sep 27, 2024
Advocacy | Forest and Public Lands Stewardship Congressman Garamendi Reintroduces Bill to Permanently Conserve Privately Owned Working ForestlandsOn September 17, 2024, U.S. Representative John Garamendi (D-Walnut Grove), along with several other lawmakers, reintroduced the Forest Legacy Management Flexibility Act (H.R. 9602), which would allow states to choose to designate accredited, nonprofit land trusts to...
Sep 27, 2024
Advocacy | Forest and Public Lands Stewardship U.S. Senators and Representatives Urge President Biden to Approve Major Disaster Declaration Following Park and Borel FiresOn September 25, 2024, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-California), Representatives Doug LaMalfa (R-Richvale) and Vince Fong (R-Bakersfield) urged President Biden to grant Governor Gavin Newsom’s request for a major disaster declaration in response to the...