Board Standing Committees

The Board of Forestry and Fire Protection tasks a number of committees in support of the Board's mission. These committees provide research, analysis, and documentation to assist the Board members in setting policy and decision making.

Forest Practice Committee:

 

MISSION & GOALS

The FPC is a standing committee of the Board.  The mission of the FPC is to evaluate and promote an effective regulatory system to assure the continuous growing and harvesting of commercial forests and to protect soil, air, fish and wildland, and water resources.

 

COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Rich Wade, Chair

Mike Jani, Member

Katie Delbar, Member

 

STAFF MEMBERS

Vacant

 


Management Committee:

 

MISSION & GOALS

The mission of the Management Committee is to evaluate and promote long-term, landscape level planning approaches to support natural resource management on California’s non-federal forest and rangelands.

 

COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Chris Chase, Chair

Liz Forsburg-Pardi, Member

Dawn Blake, Member

 

STAFF MEMBERS

Edith Hannigan 

edith.hannigan@bof.ca.gov 

 


Resource Protection Committee:

 

MISSION & GOALS

The mission of the Resource Protection Committee is to develop and promote a policy and regulatory program that implements fire safe land use planning and effective vegetation management, pursues a fire prevention program in alignment with the State Fire Plan, and improves forest and rangeland health in California.

 

COMMITTEE MEMBERS

J. Lopez, Chair

Ali Jahangiri, Member

 

 

STAFF MEMBERS

Edith Hannigan 

edith.hannigan@bof.ca.gov 

 

SAFETY ELEMENT ASSESSMENT

Safety Element Assessment 2020