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2019 States and Regions Forest Module - Response

Row numberAccount NumberAccount NameParent SectionSectionQuestion NumberQuestion NameColumn NumberColumn NameRow NumberRow NameResponse AnswerCommentsFile Name
50172901California8. ForestForest risks, impacts and opportunities8.14aPlease provide the details of your region’s procedures for assessing deforestation and/or forest degradation risks.5Tools and methods used to identify and assess risks1Desk-based research and studies
50272901California8. ForestForest risks, impacts and opportunities8.14aPlease provide the details of your region’s procedures for assessing deforestation and/or forest degradation risks.5Tools and methods used to identify and assess risks1National specific tools and databases
50372901California8. ForestForest risks, impacts and opportunities8.14aPlease provide the details of your region’s procedures for assessing deforestation and/or forest degradation risks.5Tools and methods used to identify and assess risks1Field surveys
50472901California8. ForestForest risks, impacts and opportunities8.14aPlease provide the details of your region’s procedures for assessing deforestation and/or forest degradation risks.5Tools and methods used to identify and assess risks1Region-specific tools and databases
50572901California8. ForestForest risks, impacts and opportunities8.14aPlease provide the details of your region’s procedures for assessing deforestation and/or forest degradation risks.5Tools and methods used to identify and assess risks1Remote sensing (e.g. satellite or aerial photographs)
50672901California8. ForestForest risks, impacts and opportunities8.14aPlease provide the details of your region’s procedures for assessing deforestation and/or forest degradation risks.5Tools and methods used to identify and assess risks1Stakeholder consultations
50772901California8. ForestForest risks, impacts and opportunities8.14aPlease provide the details of your region’s procedures for assessing deforestation and/or forest degradation risks.6Issues considered1Prices and demand trends of forest commodities
50872901California8. ForestForest risks, impacts and opportunities8.14aPlease provide the details of your region’s procedures for assessing deforestation and/or forest degradation risks.6Issues considered1Impacts on water security
50972901California8. ForestForest risks, impacts and opportunities8.14aPlease provide the details of your region’s procedures for assessing deforestation and/or forest degradation risks.6Issues considered1Climate change impacts
51072901California8. ForestForest risks, impacts and opportunities8.14aPlease provide the details of your region’s procedures for assessing deforestation and/or forest degradation risks.6Issues considered1Socio-economic impacts
51172901California8. ForestForest risks, impacts and opportunities8.14aPlease provide the details of your region’s procedures for assessing deforestation and/or forest degradation risks.6Issues considered1Legal framework (e.g. policies, regulations)
51272901California8. ForestForest risks, impacts and opportunities8.14aPlease provide the details of your region’s procedures for assessing deforestation and/or forest degradation risks.7Stakeholders considered1Companies
51372901California8. ForestForest risks, impacts and opportunities8.14aPlease provide the details of your region’s procedures for assessing deforestation and/or forest degradation risks.7Stakeholders considered1Local authorities (city-level)
51472901California8. ForestForest risks, impacts and opportunities8.14aPlease provide the details of your region’s procedures for assessing deforestation and/or forest degradation risks.7Stakeholders considered1Local citizens
51572901California8. ForestForest risks, impacts and opportunities8.14aPlease provide the details of your region’s procedures for assessing deforestation and/or forest degradation risks.7Stakeholders considered1Indigenous communities
51672901California8. ForestForest risks, impacts and opportunities8.14aPlease provide the details of your region’s procedures for assessing deforestation and/or forest degradation risks.7Stakeholders considered1NGOs
51772901California8. ForestForest risks, impacts and opportunities8.14aPlease provide the details of your region’s procedures for assessing deforestation and/or forest degradation risks.7Stakeholders considered1Other regional governments
51872901California8. ForestForest risks, impacts and opportunities8.14aPlease provide the details of your region’s procedures for assessing deforestation and/or forest degradation risks.7Stakeholders considered1National governments
51972901California8. ForestForest risks, impacts and opportunities8.14aPlease provide the details of your region’s procedures for assessing deforestation and/or forest degradation risks.8Risk assessment web link1https://frap.fire.ca.gov/media/3180/assessment2017.pdf
52072901California8. ForestForest risks, impacts and opportunities8.14aPlease provide the details of your region’s procedures for assessing deforestation and/or forest degradation risks.9Explanation1Conducted periodically by the CAL FIRE Fire and Resource Assessment Program (FRAP), California's Forests and Rangelands Assessment links together state requirements for natural resource inventories and strategies and the federal government's desire to rely more heavily on these state programs in determining priorities for funding.This update to the California Forest and Rangelands Assessment consists of over 40 indicators that collectively describe the status and trends of forest and rangelands across environmental and socio-economic dimensions. The indicators are based in part on the Montreal Process, an internationally recognized evaluation and reporting system. It consists of 7 criteria, each with a set of indicators to evaluate sustainability. FRAP assesses the amount and extent of California's forests and rangelands, analyses their conditions and identifies alternative management and policy guidelines. An assessment of these risks and trends are published periodically in California’s Forests and Rangelands Assessment. FRAP also provides data on California’s forests, such as Fire Hazard Severity Zone maps, and makes them publicly available through a variety tools and viewers. Additionally, threats to biodiversity in forested ecosystems are examined in the California Department of Fish and Wildlife’s State Wildlife Action Plan, and impacts of forest degradation and deforestation on water quality and supply are described in the California Department of Water Resources’ California Water Plan.
52172901California8. ForestForest risks, impacts and opportunities8.15Do current and/or anticipated impacts of deforestation and/or forest degradation present significant risks to your region?0Yes
52272901California8. ForestForest risks, impacts and opportunities8.15aPlease provide details of the deforestation and/or forest degradation impacts as well as the primary action taken by your region.1Impacts1Loss of carbon sinks
52372901California8. ForestForest risks, impacts and opportunities8.15aPlease provide details of the deforestation and/or forest degradation impacts as well as the primary action taken by your region.2Forests-related issue causing the impact1Forest degradation
52472901California8. ForestForest risks, impacts and opportunities8.15aPlease provide details of the deforestation and/or forest degradation impacts as well as the primary action taken by your region.2Forests-related issue causing the impact1Deforestation
52572901California8. ForestForest risks, impacts and opportunities8.15aPlease provide details of the deforestation and/or forest degradation impacts as well as the primary action taken by your region.2Forests-related issue causing the impact1Conversion of natural habitats
52672901California8. ForestForest risks, impacts and opportunities8.15aPlease provide details of the deforestation and/or forest degradation impacts as well as the primary action taken by your region.3Driver causing the impact1Small-scale agriculture and colonization
52772901California8. ForestForest risks, impacts and opportunities8.15aPlease provide details of the deforestation and/or forest degradation impacts as well as the primary action taken by your region.3Driver causing the impact1Fires
52872901California8. ForestForest risks, impacts and opportunities8.15aPlease provide details of the deforestation and/or forest degradation impacts as well as the primary action taken by your region.4Anticipated timescale1Long-term
52972901California8. ForestForest risks, impacts and opportunities8.15aPlease provide details of the deforestation and/or forest degradation impacts as well as the primary action taken by your region.5Impact seriousness1Serious
53072901California8. ForestForest risks, impacts and opportunities8.15aPlease provide details of the deforestation and/or forest degradation impacts as well as the primary action taken by your region.6Impact description1Over 150 million trees have died across the Sierra Nevada region in the past seven years as a result of drought, insects, and disease, with subsequent fire risk elevated as a result. Impacts to natural resources and vulnerable communities are of paramount concern. These impacts are primarily being addressed through extensive statewide grant programs to reduce the amount of dead woody material, conduct reforestation efforts, and research land management decisions. Impacts also include: • Increased GHGs• Disruptions in water cycle• Decline in water quality• Loss of forest products and services• Disruption of sources of livelihoods• Displacement of indigenous populations• Biodiversity loss• Decline in species populations• Introduction of invasive species• Changing in forest structure and composition• Habitat loss and wildlife displacement• Habitat fragmentation• Increase soil erosion• Change in soil quality
53172901California8. ForestForest risks, impacts and opportunities8.15aPlease provide details of the deforestation and/or forest degradation impacts as well as the primary action taken by your region.7Primary action taken1Encouraging integrated land-use planning and management
53272901California8. ForestForest risks, impacts and opportunities8.15aPlease provide details of the deforestation and/or forest degradation impacts as well as the primary action taken by your region.8Status of action1Implementation
53372901California8. ForestForest risks, impacts and opportunities8.15aPlease provide details of the deforestation and/or forest degradation impacts as well as the primary action taken by your region.9Action description1All primary actions and descriptions:• Encouraging integrated land-use planning and management: Occurs through inter-agency coordination and processes including the Integrated Regional Water Management Program and Natural and Working Lands Implementation Plan• Enforcing forest policies and regulations: Ongoing enforcement and implementation of the California Forest Practice Act and California Environmental Quality Act • Forest landscape restoration: Incentivized through CAL FIRE’s Forest Health Grant Program and California Forest Improvement Program; future efforts are being scoped through the Governor’s Forest Management Task Force - Forest Management & Restoration Working Group; Regional Forest and Fire Capacity Program, implementation of Assembly Bill 2551, and Watershed Coordinator Grant Program• Implementing jurisdictional or integrated landscape approaches: Being scoped through the Regional Forest and Fire Capacity Program and Watershed Coordinator Program, in coordination with the Governor’s Forest Management Task Force Regional Groups • Increasing awareness/ engage all stakeholders in sustainable forest management: Implemented in the past through stakeholder outreach through the Tree Mortality Task Force; being scoped and implemented through the Landowner Education and Outreach Working Group of the Governor’s Forest Management Task Force; important component of the Regional Forest and Fire Capacity Program • Institutional strengthening and capacity building on forest management: Being scoped through the Governor’s Forest Management Task Force and Regional Forest and Fire Capacity Program• Promoting and sharing best practices: facilitated within the state through multi-agency efforts such as the Governor’s Forest Management Task Force; coordinated across jurisdictions through participation in the US Climate Alliance – Natural and Working Lands Working Group and other efforts • Setting up disincentives: Implemented through the Forest Practice Act• Setting up incentives: Provided through state grant and cost-share programs including the CAL FIRE Forest Health Grant Program, CAL FIRE Fire Prevention Grant Program, California Forest Improvement Program, and Wildlife Conservation Program Forest Conservation Program
53472901California8. ForestForest risks, impacts and opportunities8.16Does managing forests sustainably provide any opportunities for your region?0Yes
53572901California8. ForestForest risks, impacts and opportunities8.16aPlease indicate the opportunities associated with sustainable forest management and describe how your region is positioning itself to take advantage of them.1Opportunity1Climate change mitigation
53672901California8. ForestForest risks, impacts and opportunities8.16aPlease indicate the opportunities associated with sustainable forest management and describe how your region is positioning itself to take advantage of them.2Describe how the region is maximizing this opportunity1CAL FIRE's Forest Health Grant Program awards cap-and-trade funds allocated by the legislature for California Climate Investments (CCI) to implement projects that seek to proactively restore forest health to reduce greenhouse gases, promote long-term storage of carbon in forests, minimize loss of forest carbon from large, intense wildfires, and further the goals of the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (Assembly Bill 32). Additionally, through the California Climate Investments (CCI) Fire Prevention Grant Program, CAL FIRE aims to reduce the risk of wildland fires to habitable structures and communities, while maximizing carbon sequestration in healthy wildland habitat and minimizing the uncontrolled release of emissions emitted by wildfires. Other grant programs, such as CAL FIRE’s Urban and Community Forestry Grant Program and the Natural Resources Agency’s Urban Greening Program strive to sequester carbon and reduce greenhouse gases by planting trees in communities.
53772901California8. ForestForest risks, impacts and opportunities8.16aPlease indicate the opportunities associated with sustainable forest management and describe how your region is positioning itself to take advantage of them.1Opportunity2Increasing resilience to climate change impacts and other disasters
53872901California8. ForestForest risks, impacts and opportunities8.16aPlease indicate the opportunities associated with sustainable forest management and describe how your region is positioning itself to take advantage of them.2Describe how the region is maximizing this opportunity2Various grant programs, including the CAL FIRE Forest Health Program and the Wildlife Conservation Board Forest Conservation Program, incentivize activities that increase resilience to climate change. For example, both programs provide funding to implement prescribed fire, which helps reduce the risk of high-severity wildfire, and to protect forests, which can help ensure habitat connectivity and safeguard migration corridors for species impacted by climate change.
53972901California8. ForestForest risks, impacts and opportunities8.16aPlease indicate the opportunities associated with sustainable forest management and describe how your region is positioning itself to take advantage of them.1Opportunity3Continued access to forest products
54072901California8. ForestForest risks, impacts and opportunities8.16aPlease indicate the opportunities associated with sustainable forest management and describe how your region is positioning itself to take advantage of them.2Describe how the region is maximizing this opportunity3The Wood Utilization Working Group of the Governor’s Forest Management Task Force is strategizing ways to increase rural economic development around wood product manufacturing by incentivizing innovative wood product manufacturing. Additionally, California is establishing a Joint Institute for Wood Products Innovation through the California Board of Forestry to perform wood products research, development, and testing, and to accelerate research, development and adoption of advanced forest management and wood products manufacturing. The California Government Operations Agency is also awarding $500,000 in grants as part of the statewide California Mass Timber Building Competition to selected proponent teams presenting viable and repeatable mass timber solutions for commercial and multi-family projects in California. The Forest Management Task Force is completing a report to the legislature on siting for a Cross Laminated Timber manufacturing facility.
54172901California8. ForestForest risks, impacts and opportunities8.16aPlease indicate the opportunities associated with sustainable forest management and describe how your region is positioning itself to take advantage of them.1Opportunity4Ensuring clean water supply
54272901California8. ForestForest risks, impacts and opportunities8.16aPlease indicate the opportunities associated with sustainable forest management and describe how your region is positioning itself to take advantage of them.2Describe how the region is maximizing this opportunity4Signed into law in 2016, Assembly Bill 2480 identified watersheds as part of California’s water infrastructure, presenting an opportunity to grow constituencies around the multiple ecosystem services forested watershed investments deliver. Additionally, grant programs such as CAL FIRE’s Forest Health Program and the Department of Conservation’s Watershed Coordinator Program support planning and implementation of integrated projects that restore upper forested watersheds to increase forest health, enhance water quality and supply, reduce greenhouse gases, and secure other benefits. Assembly Bill 2551 also authorizes the Natural Resources Agency and the California Environmental Protection Agency to jointly develop and submit to the Legislature a specified plan for forest and watershed restoration investments in five major watersheds of the state. Finally, the Department of Water Resources’ Integrated Regional Water Management Program encourages holistic local water management that helps ensure environmental stewardship of ecosystems such as forests.
54372901California8. ForestForest risks, impacts and opportunities8.16aPlease indicate the opportunities associated with sustainable forest management and describe how your region is positioning itself to take advantage of them.1Opportunity5Development of recreation and tourism industry
54472901California8. ForestForest risks, impacts and opportunities8.16aPlease indicate the opportunities associated with sustainable forest management and describe how your region is positioning itself to take advantage of them.2Describe how the region is maximizing this opportunity5The California Department of Parks and Recreation implements restoration and prescribed fire projects in forested State Parks to restore the natural burning cycle, decrease fuel loads, improve habitat for native species that evolved with periodic fires, and control exotic plant species. These projects help ensure that State Parks will be available for Californians and visitors into perpetuity. Additionally, the Sierra Nevada Conservancy, California Tahoe Conservancy, Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy, and other regional conservancies with forested lands help protect important ecosystems and create and enhance local tourism and recreation opportunities for communities across the state.
54572901California8. ForestForest risks, impacts and opportunities8.16aPlease indicate the opportunities associated with sustainable forest management and describe how your region is positioning itself to take advantage of them.1Opportunity6Sustain livelihoods dependent on forests
54672901California8. ForestForest risks, impacts and opportunities8.16aPlease indicate the opportunities associated with sustainable forest management and describe how your region is positioning itself to take advantage of them.2Describe how the region is maximizing this opportunity6The Wood Utilization Working Group of the Governor’s Forest Management Task Force is working towards the goal of increasing rural economic development around wood product manufacturing by incentivizing innovative wood product manufacturing and developing pilot training programs in forest thinning and biomass processing in areas where there is inadequate labour capacity to support such activities. Additionally, the California Forest Improvement Program provides cost-sharing assistance to private and public ownerships containing 20 to 5,000 acres of forest land for activities that ensure adequate high-quality timber supplies, related employment and other economic benefits, and the protection, maintenance, and enhancement of a productive and stable forest resource system for the benefit of present and future generations. The Forest Health grant program has also sponsored a project with American Forest Foundation to increase access to the market for nonindustrial timberland owners.
54772901California8. ForestForest risks, impacts and opportunities8.16aPlease indicate the opportunities associated with sustainable forest management and describe how your region is positioning itself to take advantage of them.1Opportunity7Other ecosystem services from forests realized (e.g. improved well-being, soil erosion management)
54872901California8. ForestForest risks, impacts and opportunities8.16aPlease indicate the opportunities associated with sustainable forest management and describe how your region is positioning itself to take advantage of them.2Describe how the region is maximizing this opportunity7Urban Forestry programs in California help create public green spaces in communities and urban areas that improve well-being.
54972901California8. ForestForest risks, impacts and opportunities8.16aPlease indicate the opportunities associated with sustainable forest management and describe how your region is positioning itself to take advantage of them.1Opportunity8Compliance to policies and regulations
55072901California8. ForestForest risks, impacts and opportunities8.16aPlease indicate the opportunities associated with sustainable forest management and describe how your region is positioning itself to take advantage of them.2Describe how the region is maximizing this opportunity8The California Board of Forestry and Fire Protection is responsible for determining, establishing, and maintaining an adequate forest policy for the state. It continuously reviews and revises forest practice rules and oversees compliance with the Forest Practice Act in coordination with the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. The Governor’s Forest Management Task Force Regulations Working Group is charged with facilitating permitting in all of California’s forest land ecosystems, creating an online timber harvest permitting system, and synchronizing and expediting the regulatory review of permits under the Forest Practice Act and related timber harvest permitting processes to make it easier for forest landowners to comply with policies and regulations. The California Department of Forestry and Fire protection ensures that all funds spent through grant programs funded from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund complete emissions benefits calculations according to the quantification methodology approved by the California Air Resources Board.

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Publicly disclosed data by states and regions in response to the 2019 States and Regions questionnaire's forest module.
This dataset contains detailed responses. To view the summary, refer to the dataset titled "2019 States and Regions Forest Module - Summary"

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