A 45-day public comment period is open for the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection’s (CAL FIRE’s) proposed California Vegetation Treatment Program (CalVTP) and it’s Program Environmental Impact Report (PEIR).  This broad based initiative is designed to expand the pace and scale of CAL FIRE’s vegetation treatment targets in State Responsibility Areas (SRAs) to 250,000 acres per year by streamlining CEQA review.  

This is one of the state’s multi-pronged solutions to respond to the wildfire crisis in the Wildland-Urban Interface and focuses on protecting natural resources, reducing risk to lives and property, and reducing fire suppression costs when responding to a wildfire.

Additional information on CAL FIRE’s plan can be accessed here.  Written comments to CAL FIRE must be received no later than Friday, August 9, 2019.