Effectiveness Monitoring Committee Archives
EMC Project Applications and Awards
- Fiscal Year 2023/24
- Fiscal Year 2022/23
- Fiscal Year 2021/22
- Fiscal Year 2020/21 “Due to the Covid-19 Pandemic, no allocations were made for EMC project funding in Fiscal Year 2020–2021.”
Archived Requests for Proposals
- 2024/25 Request for Research Proposals: Deadline May 15, 2024
- 2023/24 Request for Research Proposals: Deadline May 24, 2023
- 2022/23 Request for Research Proposals: Deadline September 14, 2022
- 2021/22 Request for Research Proposals: Deadline July 14, 2022
Reports & Policies
The EMC reviews the Research Themes and Critical Monitoring Questions guiding project proposals on an annual basis. Changes may be made annually, or as determined necessary by the membership of the EMC, prior to release of the Request for Proposals in spring (approximately mid-March.
The EMC provides a review of its annual activities in an Annual report and Workplan, approved by the Board of Forestry & Fire Protection, at the beginning of each new calendar year.
The EMC updates the Strategic Plan on a 5-year cycle.
The EMC updates the Charter as determined necessary by the membership of the EMC.
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Forest Practice Rules Implementation and Effectiveness Monitoring (FORPRIEM) Program 2008-2013 Monitoring Results
Read the Report (Brandow and Cafferata 2014) HERE.
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California Forestry Report #7: Mitigating Potential Sediment Delivery from Post-Fire Salvage Logging.
Read the February 2023 Report HERE.
2024 Meeting Materials
- November 2024 Meeting Agenda
- 04. EMC Agenda
- 4. Progress Report Presentation EMC-2022-004
- 5. Progress Report Presentation EMC-2022-003
- 8. 2025 EMC Strategic Plan Update
- 8. 2025 EMC Strategic Plan Update - Red Line
- 9. 2025 EMC Charter
- 9. 2025 EMC Charter - Red Line
- 10. Revised Completed Research Assessment
- 11. Progress Report Presentation EMC-2022-005
- 14. Progress Report Presentation EMC-2021-003
- EMC Meeting Notes November 14 2024
- August 2024 Meeting Agenda
- 3a-i. Givonne Law LOI Redacted
- 3a-ii. Givonne Law Resume Redacted
- 3b. Izaac Russo Resume Redacted
- 3c-i. Marjan Ghotbizadeh LOI Redacted
- 3c-ii. Marjan Ghotbizadeh Resume Redacted
- 6. EMC Annual Report and Workplan 2023 DRAFT TC w comments 2024-08-28
- 7. 2025 Effectiveness Monitoring Committee Charter REVISION
- 8. Completed Research Assessment EMC-2018-003 DRAFT
- 9a. EMC Grant Guidelines 2024-25 FINAL
- 9b. 2022 EMC Strategic Plan FINAL
- 9c. Completed Research Assessment
- 9d. EMC Budget Projections 2024-25 to 2026-27 REVISED
- 9e. Research Themes and Critical Monitoring Questions
- 9f. EMC Ranking Member Name
- 9f-i. EMC Member Individual Ranking Results
- 9f-ii. EMC Ranking Summary
- 9g. EMC-2024-001 Moriarty Full Proposal Redacted
- 9h. EMC-2024-002 Richardson Full Proposal Redacted
- 9i. EMC-2024-004 Dotters Full Proposal Redacted
- 9j. EMC-2024-006 North Full Project proposal Redacted
- June 2024 Meeting Agenda
- 2a-i. G. Law - LOI Application for EMC member seat Redacted
- 2a-ii. Law Resume Redacted
- 4 and 5. EMC Project Assignments and Status 2024-06-16
- 6. Effectiveness Monitoring Committee Charter
- 7. EMC-2018-006 Final Project Presentation – K. Bladon
- 11a-i. Research Themes and Critical Monitoring Questions
- 11a-ii. Projects and CMQ Matrix 2024-01
- 11a-iii. EMC Grant Guidelines 2024-25 FINAL
- 11b. EMC Budget Projections_2024-25 to 2026-27
- 11c-i. EMC-2024-001 NCASI Foundation-Moriarty Redacted
- 11c-ii. EMC-2024-001 Moriarty EMC Budget
- 11d. EMC-2024-002 UCSC-Richardson Redacted
- 11e. EMC-2024-003 CalPoly-Cobb Redacted
- 11f. EMC-2024-004 SPI-Dotters Redacted
- 11g. EMC-2024-005 OSU-Matthews Redacted
- 11h. EMC-2024-006 TreePeople-North Redacted
- 11i. EMC-2024-007 USFS-Hernandez Redacted
- EMC Meeting Notes June 17 2024
- January 2024 Meeting Agenda
- 2a. EMC Members and Term Exp Webpage
- 5. EMC Project Assignments and Status 2023-08-30
- 5. EMC-2022-003 Full Project Proposal-REDACTED
- 5. EMC-2022-004 Full Project Proposal-REDACTED
- 5. EMC-2022-005 Full Project Proposal-REDACTED
- 5. EMC-2023-003 FULL - OSU Redacted
- 8. 2024-01 Vote EMC Ranking Member Name
- 8. EMC Budget Projections 2023-24 to 2025-26
- 8. EMC Ranking Results 2023-24 Sept 2023 vote
- 8. EMC-2023-002 Final Proposal 10.6.2023 rev
- 8. EMC-2023-002 FULL PROPOSAL - SIG
- 9. EMC Annual Report and Workplan 2023 DRAFT Clean
- 9. EMC Annual Report and Workplan 2023 DRAFT TC w comments
- 10. Research Themes and Critical Monitoring Questions 2024 revision TC
- 10. Research Themes and Critical Monitoring Questions 2024 TC Live Edits
- 11. EMC Grant Guidelines 2024-25 DRAFT
- 11. 2024-25 Priority CMQ Questions Poll
- 12. EMC Charter
- EMC Meeting Notes January 18 2024
2023 Meeting Materials
- August 2023 EMC Meeting Agenda
- 2a. EMC Members and Term Exp 2023-08-02
- 3. EMC Project Assignments and Status 2023-08-02
- 3. EMC Project Liaison Guide FINAL
- 4. 2023-24 Full Project Proposal Rankings
- 4. EMC Budget Projections_REV 2023-24 to 2025-26
- 4. EMC Grant Guidelines 2023-24
- 4. EMC Ranking Member Name
- 4. EMC-2023-001 FULL - TreePeople Redacted
- 4. EMC-2023-002 FULL - SIG Redacted
- 4. EMC-2023-003 FULL - OSU Redacted
- 4. 2023-004 FULL - Jasper Ridge Redacted
- 4. New EMC Project Timeline
- EMC Meeting Notes August 2, 2023
- June 2023 EMC Meeting Agenda
- 2a. EMC Members Open-Pending Open Seats
- 3. EMC Project Assignments and Status 2023-06-02
- 3. EMC Project Liaison Guide FINAL
- 4. Clesi Bennett Letter of Interest
- 4. Clesi Bennett Resume Redacted
- 5. EMC Budget Projections 2023-24 to 25-26
- 5. EMC-2023-001 TreePeople REDACTED
- 5. EMC-2023-002 SIG REDACTED
- 5. EMC-2023-003 OSU REDACTED
- 5. EMC-2023-004 Jasper Ridge REDACTED
- 5. Summary of Proposals EMC
- EMC Meeting Notes June 7, 2023
- February 2023 EMC Meeting Agenda
- 2a. EMC Members and Open Seats
- 2c. EMC Grant Guidelines 2023-24 DRAFT
- 3a. EMC-2017-008 Final CRA Dec 2022
- 3-i. EMC Project Liaison Guidelines DRAFT
- 3-ii. EMC Project Assignments and Status 2023-02-15
- 3-iii. CA Forestry Report Post-Fire Salvage Logging
- 4. Research Themes Critical Questions DRAFT 2023-01-31
- 5. EMC-2017-002 S. Stanish Presentation
- 6. EMC Annual Report and Workplan 2022 DRAFT 2023-01-31
- 8. EMC-2017-006 R. York Presentation
- 9a. Jonathan Meurer Letter
- 9b. Jonathan Meurer Resume Redacted
- EMC Meeting Notes February 16 2023
2022 Meeting Materials
- November 2022 EMC Meeting Agenda
- 2a. EMC Members and Open Seats
- 3. EMC Project Liaison Guidelines DRAFT
- 3. Jonah Nicholas MS Defense Poster EMC-2018-006
- 4. 2022-23 Research Themes and Critical Monitoring Questions DRAFT 11.10.22
- 4. 2022-23 Themes and Questions DRAFT Comments NCRWQCB
- 4. Co-Chair Moreno Comments on Themes and CMQs
- 5. EMC Grant Guidelines 2022-23 FINAL
- 5a. EMC Budget Projections 2022-23 Research Proposals
- 5b. EMC Ranking-Member Name
- 5c. EMC-2022-001 Full Project Proposal-REDACTED
- 5d-i. EMC-2022-003 Full Project Proposal-REDACTED
- 5d-ii. EMC-2022-003 Supplement
- 5e. EMC-2022-004 Full Project Proposal-REDACTED
- 5f. EMC-2022-005 Full Project Proposal-REDACTED
- 6. EMC-2017-008 Draft CRA Nov 2022
- 7. Final Project Presentation EMC-2017-001 Dahlke
- EMC Meeting Notes November 18, 2022
- September 2022 EMC Meeting Agenda
- 4. EMC-2017-012 M. Baker 2022-09-28
- 5a. EMC-2022-001 EMC ICP Redacted
- 5b-i. EMC-2022-002 EMC ICP Redacted
- 5b-ii. EMC-2022-002 Budget breakdown
- 5c-i. EMC-2022-003 EMC ICP Redacted
- 5c-ii. EMC-2022-003 EMC ICP Attachment
- 5d. EMC-2022-004 EMC ICP Redacted
- 5e. EMC-2022-005 EMC ICP Redacted
- 5f. EMC Budget Projections 2022-23 Research Proposals
- 6a. 2017-18 Research Themes and Critical Monitoring Questions
- 6b. 2022-23 Research Themes and Critical Monitoring Questions DRAFT for Revision
- 6c. Public Comment on Themes and Critical Monitoring Questions for review
- 6d-i. 1 - CZU Fire Redwood Damage Assessment
- 6d-ii. 1 - Redwood Defect Study at SVR
- 6e. 3 - Public Comment 2022-07-29
- 7a. 2018 EMC Strategic Plan
- 7b. 2022 EMC Strategic Plan DRAFT 2022-08-05
- 7c. 2022 EMC Strategic Plan DRAFT Tracked Changes 2022-09-20
- 7d. 2022 EMC Strategic Plan DRAFT CLEAN 2022-09-23
- 8. EMC-2017-008 Cobb CRA Sept 2022 DRAFT
- 9. Nannizzi EMC Member Applicant
- EMC Meeting Notes September 28 2022 FINAL
- August 2022 EMC Meeting Agenda REVISED
- 2a. EMC Member Roster
- 2b. Request for EMC Applicants 2022
- 2c. EMC Grant Guidelines 2022-23 FINAL
- 2d. EMC Budget Projections
- 2e. EMC Grant Guidelines at California Grants Portal
- 3. EMC Project Assignments and Status
- 4. Stand Age, M. O'Connor Presentation
- 5. EMC-2016-003 Project Update
- 6. EMC-2019-003 Project Update
- 7a. Jones EMC app Redacted
- 7b. Ranking Criteria TEMPLATE
- 7c-i. Ranking Criteria EMC Member
- 7c-ii. Ranking Criteria EMC Member
- 7d. EMC Applicant M. Jones Rankings
- 8a. EMC-2019-002 Final Presentation
- 8b. Plumas County Fire Safe Council Treatments
- 9a. 2018 EMC Strategic Plan
- 9b. 2022 EMC Strategic Plan DRAFT for review 2022-08-02
- 9c. Changes to Strategic Plan 2022
- 9d-i. Public Comments on Themes and CMQs 2022
- 9d-ii. CZU Fire Redwood Damage Assessment
- 9d-iii. Redwood Defect Study at SVR
- EMC Meeting Notes August 02 2022 FINAL (PDF)
- April 2022 EMC Meeting Agenda
- 2b. EMC Annual Report and Workplan 2021 FINAL (PDF)
- 2c. Effectiveness Monitoring Committee Charter (PDF)
- 3. Progress report EMC-2018-003 Alt Meadow Rest April 2022 (PDF)
- 4. Members, Affiliations, Specialties, Term Exp (PDF)
- 4. Membership Rules Charter 2020_Open Seats as of 2022-04-01 (PDF)
- 5. RFP 2021 EMC Final (PDF)
- 6. EMC-2017-008 Final Report April 2022 (PDF)
- 7. DRAFT EMC Grant Guidelines 2021-08-26 (PDF)
- 7. Proposed Contract vs. Grant Project Processing Timeline Scenarios (PDF)
- 8. Little River Final Report (PDF)
- 8. Final Presentation Little River Report, L. MacDonald (PDF)
- 9. Battles EMC-2017-007 Presentation (PDF)
- EMC Meeting Notes April 12 2022 FINAL (PDF)
2021 Meeting Materials
- December 2021 EMC Meeting Agenda
- 3. EMC Annual Report and Workplan DRAFT
- 5. Project Ranking Instr_2018 Strategic Plan (PDF)
- 5. Ranking Score Sheet (PDF)
- 5. Full Concept Proposal 1 (PDF)
- 5. Full Concept Proposal 2 (PDF)
- 5. Full Concept Proposal Project Rankings 2021-2022 (PDF)
- EMC Meeting Notes December 14 2021
- October 2021 EMC Meeting Agenda
- 2a. Members and Term Exp (PDF)
- 2a. Membership Rules Charter 2020 (PDF)
- 2a. EMC Chasin Resignation (PDF)
- 2a. EMC Waitman Nomination (PDF)
- 2a. Bisbing EMC Resignation (PDF)
- 5. ICP Redacted 1 (PDF)
- 5. ICP Redacted 2 (PDF)
- 5. ICP Redacted 3 (PDF)
- EMC Meeting Notes Oct 20 2021 (PDF)
- July 2021 EMC Meeting Agenda
- 3. Bladon Segura EMC Update 07-21-2021
- 3. Bladon-Segura WLPZ Class II Update (PDF)
- 4. RRGULCH CALFIRE Presentation July 2021 (PDF)
- 5. RFP 2021 EMC Final (PDF)
- 6. EMC Grant Guidelines DRAFT (PDF)
- 7. 2018 EMC Strategic Plan (PDF)
- 8. EMC Completed Research Assessment FINAL (PDF)
- 9. Draft Completed Research Assessment EMC 2015 001
- EMC Meeting Notes July 21 2021 (PDF)
- April 2021 EMC Meeting Agenda (PDF)
- 3(c) 2020 EMC Annual Report and Workplan (PDF)
- 4. Science to Policy Draft Cover Memo EMC to BOF (PDF)
- 5-(i) Draft Beta Test Science to Policy Framework for EMC 2015 001 (PDF)
- 5-ii(a) EMC-2015-001 (PDF)
- 5-ii(b) ASP Class II-L Metrics (PDF)
- 6-i Critical Question Tally (PDF)
- 6-ii Critical Questions Survey Comments (PDF)
- 6-iii Critical Questions Matrix (PDF)
- 7. RFP 2021 DRAFT (PDF)
- EMC Meeting Notes April 21 2021 (PDF)
- January 2021 EMC Meeting Agenda (PDF)
- EMC Critical Questions Matrix (PDF)
- EMC Project Liaison Chart December 2020 (PDF)
- Jessica Leonard_Resume EMC (PDF)
- DRAFT Science to Policy Framework Narrative Explaining Flow Chart (PDF)
- Draft 2020 EMC Annual Report and Work Plan (PDF)
- EMC Meeting Notes January 13 2021 (PDF)
2020 Meeting Materials
- October 2020 EMC Meeting Agenda (PDF)
- EMC 2(c) EMC Grant Authorization Language (PDF)
- EMC 3 Draft BOF Research Plan Outline, Priorities, and References (PDF)
- EMC 4 Science to Policy Framework (PDF)
- EMC 4(a) 2018 EMC Strategic Plan (PDF)
- EMC 5 EMC Funding Matrix (PDF)
- EMC 6(i) 2019 BOF Annual Report With Appendix (PDF)
- EMC 6(ii) EMC Critical Questions Matrix (PDF)
- EMC 6(iii) BOF-EMC Priorities Matrix (PDF)
- October 2020 EMC Meeting Notes
- April 2020 EMC Meeting Agenda (PDF)
- DRAFT Effectiveness Monitoring Committee Charter Clean (PDF)
- Draft Effectiveness Monitoring Committee Charter Redline (PDF)
- Science to Policy Framework Discussion (PDF)
- April 2020 EMC Meeting Referenced Documents (PDF)
- Ryan Cole Thesis EMC-2016-002 (PDF)
- April 2020 EMC Meeting Notes (PDF)
2019 Meeting Materials
- December 2019 EMC Meeting Agenda (PDF)
- 2019 EMC Annual Report and Workplan
- EMC Project Ranking Blank Sheet (PDF)
- EMC 2019_004_LusardiRypelFangue (PDF)
- EMC-2019-001_Rivers and Verschuyl_Full Proposal (PDF)
- EMC-2019-002 Full Proposal_Moghaddas (PDF)
- EMC-2019-005 Full Proposal Hayhurst (PDF)
- Hogue Kinoshita Full Proposal ALL PAGES (PDF)
- EMC Meeting December 5 2019 (PDF)
- September 2019 EMC Meeting Agenda (PDF)
- September 2019 EMC Meeting Notes (PDF)
- 2(a)(1) Anderegg - Letter of Interest (PDF)
- 2(a)(2) Anderegg - CV (PDF)
- 2(a)(3) Bisbing - Letter of Interest (PDF)
- 2(a)(4) Bisbing - CV (PDF)
- 2(a)(5) Freer-Smith - Letter of Interest (PDF)
- 2(a)(6) Freer-Smith - CV (PDF)
- 3(a) EMC-2019-001 Concept Proposal_Redacted (PDF)
- 3(b) EMC-2019-002 Concept Proposal_Redacted (PDF)
- 3(c) EMC-2019-003 Concept Proposal_Redacted 9PDF)
- 3(d) EMC-2019-004 Concept Proposal_Redacted (PDF)
- 3(e) EMC-2019-005 Concept Proposal_Redacted (PDF)
- 4 2018 EMC Annual Report and Workplan (PDF)
- 4 Effectiveness Monitoring Committee Charter (PDF)