California Board of Forestry & Fire Protection

The EMC announces the 2024/25 Request for Proposals to fund research testing the efficacy of the Forest Practice Rules and related regulations. Initial Concept Proposals are due May 15^th to Kristina.Wolf@bof.ca.gov. See the Request for Proposals for details.

The RMAC is seeking nominations from organizations representing rangeland owners to fill two (2) seats. Current members in these seats were nominated by and represent the California Cattlemen’s Association, California Wool Growers Association, Farm Bureau (pending vacancy), Wildlands, and U.C. Cooperative Extension. Interested parties should send a Letter of Interest and current Resume or CV to Kristina.Wolf@bof.ca.gov. See the Call for Applications for more information; organizations may submit nominations using the Nomination Form. 

The Joint Institute for Wood Products Innovation (Institute) is requesting nominations for vacancies within its Advisory Council. The Institute is a committee of the Board of Forestry and Fire Protection (Board) and consists of two co-chairs, two academic positions, 11 Council members, and one Board staff. Council members reflect a diversity of perspectives and expertise, which may include forest products, forest management, environmental conservation, finance/investment, forested communities, rural economic development, tribes, and other areas of interest as determined by the Board.

The 2024 Fire Risk Reduction Community List application period opened December 1, 2023 and will close on April 1^st, 2024.

Information on submitting the application as well as FAQ’s pertaining to the process can be found on our website, Fire Risk Reduction Community List (ca.gov).

The board will hold a public workshop covering the process and criteria related to the Fire Risk Reduction Community List.

Fire Risk Reduction Public Workshop Date:

Wednesday, January 31, 2024, 10:00am-11:30am
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CALL FOR APPLICATIONS

The Board of Forestry and Fire Protection (Board) seeks to fill up to six (6) vacancies on the Effectiveness Monitoring Committee (EMC). The Call for Applications will be open until all seats are filled.

This report quantifies forest biomass piles accumulated from 2018 – 2021 and provides an inventory of forest biomass pile material potentially available for wood and biomass utilization.  It offers details on the number of forest biomass pile burn permits issued from 2018 - 2021 by CA air district to provide information about open pile burning, prescribed burning, and the total acreage and tonnage of burn piles in CA. Highlights include potentially 150,000 acres of available forest biomass piles, representing approx. 1 million tons of material in piles currently on the landscape, with 78% of it occurring on public lands. Nineteen percent is accessible via existing road networks.

ANNOUNCEMENT: The Board of Forestry and Fire Protection announces the release of new tools for efficient California Vegetation Treatment Program (CalVTP) implementation and Project-Specific Analysis (PSA) preparation. Find all the information, including links to the updated CalVTP webpage, example PSAs and PSA/Addenda, new FAQs, and implementation tools, here: Information on the CalVTP Resource Library

A goal of the Effectiveness Monitoring Committee (EMC) is to develop a process-based understanding of the effectiveness of the California Forest Practice Rules (FPRs) and other natural resource protection statutes and laws, codes and regulations. To facilitate an Adaptive Management process that informs proposed changes to forestry policy and regulations, the EMC supports research that addresses twelve core research themes. Aligned with these research themes, the EMC has developed a set of Critical Monitoring Questions (CMQ) to guide prospective grantee research questions and help direct EMC funding focus. The research themes and CMQs provided in this document—initially adopted in 2017 and presented in the 2018 Strategic Plan were updated in 2024. Prospective grantees should reference this updated document as a guide in developing research questions when seeking EMC grant funding.