On Wednesday October 21, the California Wildfire and Forest Resilience Task Force released the state’s first statewide interagency reforestation strategy, intended to establish a shared roadmap to accelerate forest recovery after severe wildfire to mitigate the risk of permanent forest loss. California’s Reforestation Strategy: An All-Lands Approach to Restoring Forests After Severe Wildfire calls for coordinated action across public and private lands, bringing agencies and partners together to expand reforestation over the next decade. Developed by the USDA California Climate Hub, with support from CAL FIRE, the USDA Forest Service and American Forests, the Strategy is meant to provide a framework to accelerate reforestation, expand planting capacity and help prevent the loss of millions of acres of California forestland.
The full announcement is available HERE.
For additional information, contact RCRC Senior Policy Advocate Staci Heaton.