ABOUT THE EFFECTIVENESS MONITORING COMMITTEE (EMC)
The EMC was formed in 2014 by the Board of Forestry and Fire Protection (Board). The Board sought to create an independent committee to assess the efficacy of the Forest Practice Rules and other related laws and regulations. As an advisory body to the Board, the EMC helps implement an effectiveness monitoring program that provides an active feedback loop to policymakers, managers, agencies, and the public by soliciting robust scientific research that addresses the effectiveness of these laws at meeting resource objectives and ecological performance measures related to AB 1492.
The EMC includes representatives from academia, industry, state agencies, consulting firms, and non-profit agencies. This diverse membership reflects representatives from a wide range of California’s natural resources, including water quality, geology, wildlife, and forestry. EMC meetings occur quarterly and are open to the public. Meetings are held in Redding, Ukiah, and Sacramento and are available through the webinar.
MISSION & GOALS
- 2018 EMC Strategic Plan
- 2018 EMC Annual Report and Workplan
- Priorities Received From Boards, Departments, and Agencies 10.29.18
EMC MEMBERSHIP
PROJECT APPLICANTS
2019 Meeting Materials
- September 2019 EMC Meeting Agenda
- 2(a)(1) Anderegg - Letter of Interest
- 2(a)(2) Anderegg - CV
- 2(a)(3) Bisbing - Letter of Interest
- 2(a)(4) Bisbing - CV
- 2(a)(5) Freer-Smith - Letter of Interest
- 2(a)(6) Freer-Smith - CV
- 3(a) EMC-2019-001 Concept Proposal_Redacted
- 3(b) EMC-2019-002 Concept Proposal_Redacted
- 3(c) EMC-2019-003 Concept Proposal_Redacted
- 3(d) EMC-2019-004 Concept Proposal_Redacted
- 3(e) EMC-2019-005 Concept Proposal_Redacted
- 4 2018 EMC Annual Report and Workplan
- 4 Effectiveness Monitoring Committee Charter
Project Proposals
- EMC 2015-001 Coe (January 13, 2016) Class II Large
- Concept Proposal DRAFT EMC-2015-001 (July 22, 2014)
- Concept Proposal DRAFT EMC-2015-001 (July 26, 2014)
- Concept Proposal DRAFT EMC 2015-001 with request for funding (November 2016)
- Concept Proposal DRAFT EMC 2015-001 with request for funding (April 2017)
- Project Ranking EMC 2015-001 Questions 1 and 2 (November 21, 2016)
- Project Ranking EMC 2015-001 Question 3 (November 21, 2016)
- EMC 2015-002 Cafferata (January 13, 2016) FORPRIEM
- EMC 2015-003 Coe Fowler Short (January 13 2016) Mass Wasting
- EMC 2015-004 Coe Condon (January 13 2016) Hydrologic Disconnection
- EMC 2015-005 Condon Fowler (January 13 2016) Class II WLPZ
- EMC 2015-007 Stanish (January 13 2016) Anadromous Species Habitat
- EMC 2015-008 McFadin (February 24, 2016) Watercourse Temperature Monitoring
- EMC 2016-001 Short (January 13 2016) Road Rule Post Fire
- EMC 2016-002 Coe (February 24, 2016) Post Fire Water Quality
- EMC 2016-003 O'Connor (October 13, 2016) Unstable Areas
- EMC 2016-004 Condon (January 13 2016) Nest Sites
- EMC 2016-005 Condon (January 13 2016) Snag Retention
- EMC 2017-001 Cafferata (December 6, 2016) Nutrient
- EMC 2017-002 Stanish (March 27, 2017) Avian Richness
- EMC-2017-003 Coe (August 2, 2017) Intensive Road
- EMC-2017-004 Olsen (September 15, 2017) Class III Watercourse
- EMC-2017-005 Culpepper (September 30, 2017) NSO Timber
- EMC-2017-006 York (October 20, 2017) Tradeoffs
- EMC-2017-007 Battles (November 28, 2017) Tree Life Cycle
- EMC-2017-008 Cobb (November 10, 2017) Rules on Fir Mortality
- EMC-2017-009 Bladon (September 30, 2017) Class II WLPZ
- EMC-2017-010 Surfleet (September 30, 2017) Alternative Meadow Restoration
- EMC-2017-011 Stephens (October 3, 2017) Avoiding Take of NSO
- EMC-2017-012 Baker (October 13, 2017) Bat Communities
- EMC-2018-001 Barron (October 26, 2018) Exemption Monitoring
- EMC-2018-002 Reilly (October 26, 2018) NSO Decision Support Tools
- EMC-2018-003 Surfleet (October 26, 2018) Alternative Meadow Restoration
- EMC-2018-004 Poburko (October 26, 2018) Impacts of Mechanical Harvesting in the WLPZ
- EMC-2018-005 JDSF Staff (October 26, 2018) Characterizing Amphibian Distribution
- EMC-2018-006 Bladon and Segura (October 26, 2018) Effectiveness of Class II WLPZs
- EMC-2018-007 Moriarity and Delheimer (October 26, 2018) Site Exclusion on Pacific Martens
EMC Supported Monitoring Projects
For full funding information, please see EMC Supported Monitoring Projects.
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Agreement Number |
Project # |
Primary Investigator |
Subject |
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8CA03650 |
Drew Coe |
Class II Large Study |
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8CA03685 |
Pete Cafferata |
FORPRIEM (ver. 2.0) |
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Drew Coe |
Effectiveness of Road Rules in Reducing Hydrologic Connectivity |
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n/a |
Joe Wagenbrenner, Kevin Bladon, Drew Coe, Don Lindsay |
Boggs Mountain Post-Fire Runoff and Erosion Study |
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8CA03680 |
Bill Short and Dr. Matt O'Connor |
Repeat LiDAR Surveys to Detect Landslides |
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8CA03685 |
Dr. Dahlke and Dr. Dahlgren |
UC Davis Nutrient Study |
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n/a |
Stacy Stanish |
Avian Richness Study on Boggs Mountain Demonstration State Forest |
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n/a |
Will Olsen |
Class III Watercourse Monitoring |
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9CA04020 |
Dr. Rob York |
Tradeoffs among riparian buffer zones… |
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9CA04019 |
Dr. John Battles |
Tree Mortality in the Sierra Nevada |
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9CA04087 |
Dr. Richard Cobb |
CA FPRs and Relation to Fir Mortality |
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n/a |
Michael Baker |
Bat Community Impacts on State Forests |
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9CA04452 |
Christopher Surfleet |
Alternative Meadow Restoration |
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9CA04453 |
Kevin Bladon, Catalina Segura, Matthew House, & Drew Coe |
Effect of FPRS on Restoring Canopy Closure, Water Temperature, & Primary Productivity |