Nov 07, 2025

Advocacy   |   Forest and Public Lands Stewardship RCRC Attends Red Sky Summit on Wildfire Prevention and Forest Management

On Tuesday, more than 600 experts and thought leaders in the wildfire mitigation space convened in San Francisco to discuss

Oct 31, 2025

Advocacy   |   Forest and Public Lands Stewardship Governor Issues Executive Order to Expedite Prescribed Fire

On Tuesday, Governor Gavin Newsom issued Executive Order N-35-25 which declares a state of emergency on wildfire risk and enables swifter action to implement prescribed fire. The Order acts

Oct 24, 2025

Advocacy   |   Forest and Public Lands Stewardship Fix Our Forests Act Advances Out of Senate Agriculture Committee

On October 21, 2025, the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry convened a markup to consider the Fix Our Forests Act (S.1462 | one pager). The measure passed out of committee

Oct 17, 2025

Advocacy   |   Forest and Public Lands Stewardship EPA Issues Policy Guidance to Help Prevent Catastrophic Wildfires, Promote Use of Prescribed Fires for Mitigation Efforts

On October 16, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued policy guidance directing regional offices to

Oct 10, 2025

Advocacy   |   Forest and Public Lands Stewardship Bill of the Week: BECCS Advancement Commission Act of 2025 (H.R. 5597)

Last week, RCRC expressed support for a bipartisan bill co-sponsored by U.S. Representative Jim Costa (CA-21, D-Fresno) and Representative Blake Moore (UT-1), which would create a commission to provide recommendations to help advance Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS) technologies

Oct 03, 2025

Advocacy   |   Forest and Public Lands Stewardship Padilla, Schiff Announce Bipartisan Bills to Support Over 2,000 Acres of Tribal Land Management

On September 29, the U.S. Senators of California, Alex Padilla and Adam Schiff, announced a trio of bipartisan, bicameral bills to promote Tribal management of over 2,000 acres of land in California. The bills would transfer federal land to

Sep 25, 2025

Forest and Public Lands Stewardship USDA Awards Grants to Community Fire Resilience Projects

On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced $200 million in grant funding for 58 community wildfire resilience projects across the nation. This funding includes nearly $25 million

Sep 12, 2025

Advocacy   |   Forest and Public Lands Stewardship DOI Proposes to Rescind Public Lands Rule

On September 10, the Department of the Interior announced that it is proposing to rescind the Bureau of Land Management’s Public Lands Rule

Sep 12, 2025

Advocacy   |   Forest and Public Lands Stewardship LaMalfa Introduces Bipartisan Protect Innocent Victims of Taxation After Fire Extension Act

On September 11, Congressman Doug LaMalfa (R-Richvale) introduced the Protect Innocent Victims of Taxation After Fire Extension Act (H.R. 5225). Joining him on this legislation

Aug 22, 2025

Advocacy   |   Forest and Public Lands Stewardship State Board of Forestry Gets New Executive Director

After weeks of searching, the California Board of Forestry and Fire Protection (BOF) has named a new Executive Officer