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California, U.S. Forest Service Establish Shared Long-Term Strategy to Manage Forests and Rangelands
Published August 13, 2020 Agreement will improve coordination to reduce wildfire risks on federal and state lands Funding included in the federal Great American Outdoors Act Agreement comes as Lake Fire burns in Angeles National Forest In a key step to improve...
NEPA causes fewer delays than widely understood, but the USFS is doing less of it
See below and attached for new paper on NEPA and actual time to complete a project. The paper has many useful findings including: Our data do not provide support for the current proposal to expand the number of projects eligible for CEs (US Forest Service 2019) and do...
Forest Service Temporarily Closes Eight National Forests, Adds Prohibitions in Others
VALLEJO, Calif., September 7, 2020—Most of California remains under the threat of unprecedented and dangerous fire conditions with a combination of extreme heat, significant wind events, dry conditions, and firefighting resources that are stretched to the limit. Due...
Job Opportunity — EBMUD Manager of Watershed and Recreation for the Mokelumne Division
EBMUD is currently advertising for the Manager of Watershed and Recreation for the Mokelumne Division in Valley Springs, CA. The position manages and oversees ~20 employees, ~ 29,000 acres of land, 4 recreation areas, a trail system, and grazing program. The primary...
2020 Stream Flow Enhancement Program — Application Deadline Extended
In light of circumstances surrounding the wildfires currently burning throughout much of the State, the proposal submission deadline for the 2020 Stream Flow Enhancement Program @ Proposal Soliciation Notice (PDF) has been extended from September 10, 2020 to October...
Improving forest health would create jobs, improve economies in rural California
The economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting urban and rural communities across California. Congress is exploring economic recovery legislation that includes investments in workforce development and infrastructure. And in Sacramento, there have been...
National Salvage Implementation Team
BLM Headquarters and BLM California State Office are establishing a national team of specialists to address one of the West's biggest land management issues -- salvage sales and forest health management. The team will be deployed to wildland fire, insect/disease, and...
California Teaming Up With Native American Tribes To Prevent Wildfires
August 13, 20205:00 AM ET Heard on Morning Edition For more than a century, California's Native American tribes were largely banned from doing traditional burning of the landscape. Now, they're restoring that practice to help prevent fires. Read the transcript or...
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