California Board of Forestry & Fire Protection

The Joint Institute for Wood Products Innovation (Institute) is requesting nominations for a vacancy within its Advisory Council. The Institute is a 15-person committee of the Board of Forestry and Fire Protection (Board).  The 11 Advisory 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.  Nominations are due by 5:00 pm, Monday, January 13, 2025.

The EMC revised its Charter in late 2024. Read the updated version HERE.

The Board of Forestry and Fire Protection seeks nominations to the Range Management Advisory Committee (RMAC) for applicants from organizations representing rangeland owners to fill one (1) seat. Members in this seat type were nominated by organizations including the California Cattlemen’s Association, California Wool Growers Association, Farm Bureau (currently vacant), Corte Madera Ranch, Wildlands, and U.C. Cooperative Extension. See the Call for Applications for more information; organizations may submit nominations using the Nomination Form. Interested parties may send inquiries via email, and Nominated Applicants may submit a Letter of Interest and current Resume or CV to Kristina.Wolf@bof.ca.gov. See the current membership roster for details about the current membership.

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS

The Board of Forestry and Fire Protection seeks to fill up to three (3) vacancies on the Effectiveness Monitoring Committee (EMC). See the Call for Applications for more information. Interested parties may send inquiries or a Letter of Interest and current Resume or CV to Kristina.Wolf@bof.ca.gov. See the current membership roster for details about the current membership.

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.