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2019 States and Regions Forest Module - Response

Row numberAccount NumberAccount NameParent SectionSectionQuestion NumberQuestion NameColumn NumberColumn NameRow NumberRow NameResponse AnswerCommentsFile Name
55172901California8. 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.1Opportunity9Develop jurisdictional approaches
55272901California8. 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 opportunity9The Governor’s Forest Management Task Force Regional Prioritization Groups are working to identify specific regional issues and propose and prioritize solutions to these issues for consideration by the Task Force. The California Natural Resources Agency’s Regional Forest and Fire Capacity Program seeks to increase regional capacity to prioritize, develop, and implement projects that improve forest health and fire resilience, facilitate greenhouse gas emissions reductions, and increase carbon sequestration in forests throughout California. The Watershed Coordinator Grant Program provided grants to support local watershed coordinators that facilitate collaborative efforts to improve and sustain the health of California's watersheds.
55372901California8. 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.1Opportunity10Increase employment opportunities
55472901California8. 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 opportunity10The California Conservation Corps operates several conservation programs across the state that employ young people in Watershed Stewards, Backcountry Trails, Natural Resource Conservation, and other programs. This program helps young people gain skills and experience for future conservation-related careers while enhancing ecosystem health and recreation opportunities in forests. Additionally, one goal of the Wood Utilization Working Group of the Governor’s Forest Management Task Force is to work with the relevant state agencies and local workforce development boards to develop programs in forest thinning and biomass processing in areas where there is inadequate labour capacity to support such activities. The CAL FIRE Forest Health program is working with California Community Colleges to create a certificate for machinery operators that will work to complete forest health treatments.
55572901California8. 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.1Opportunity11Increased attention to other environmental concerns
55672901California8. 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 opportunity11The California Department of Fish and Wildlife’s Timberland Conservation Program helps conserve biodiversity on timberlands. Program staff review Timber Harvest Plans and assess the likelihood that these plans will result in the take (hunting, pursuing, catching, capturing, killing, or attempting any of those activities) of an endangered, threatened, candidate, or a rare plant listed species, as defined in the California Endangered Species Act, and recommend measures to avoid take.
55772901California8. ForestCurrent state8.1aPlease provide details of your region’s natural forest area by different categories of forest ownership.1Percentage of region’s natural forest area characterized by the forest ownership category1Public61
55872901California8. ForestCurrent state8.1aPlease provide details of your region’s natural forest area by different categories of forest ownership.2Explanation1PublicOf the approximately 32 million acres of forest in California, federal agencies (including the USDA Forest Service and USDI Bureau of Land Management and National Park Service) own and manage 18 million acres, or 57 percent. State, local, and other public agencies including CAL FIRE, local open space, park and water districts and land trusts own another 4 percent.
55972901California8. ForestCurrent state8.1aPlease provide details of your region’s natural forest area by different categories of forest ownership.1Percentage of region’s natural forest area characterized by the forest ownership category2Private39
56072901California8. ForestCurrent state8.1aPlease provide details of your region’s natural forest area by different categories of forest ownership.2Explanation2Private39 percent, or 12 million acres, of California's forestland is privately owned by families, Native American tribes, or companies. Corporate timber companies own 5 million acres (14 percent). 7 million acres are noncorporate private forestlands owned by individuals or tribes, with nearly 90 percent of these owners having less than 50 acres of forest land.
56172901California8. ForestCurrent state8.2Please select the current drivers of deforestation and/or forest degradation within your region.1Main drivers1Current drivers of deforestation and/or forest degradationLivestock
56272901California8. ForestCurrent state8.2Please select the current drivers of deforestation and/or forest degradation within your region.1Main drivers1Current drivers of deforestation and/or forest degradationLarge-scale agriculture
56372901California8. ForestCurrent state8.2Please select the current drivers of deforestation and/or forest degradation within your region.1Main drivers1Current drivers of deforestation and/or forest degradationFires
56472901California8. ForestCurrent state8.2Please select the current drivers of deforestation and/or forest degradation within your region.1Main drivers1Current drivers of deforestation and/or forest degradationSmall-scale agriculture and colonization
56572901California8. ForestCurrent state8.2Please select the current drivers of deforestation and/or forest degradation within your region.1Main drivers1Current drivers of deforestation and/or forest degradationOther, please specify: Climate Change, Pests and Disease, Fire Suppression, Urban/Suburban Development
56672901California8. ForestCurrent state8.2Please select the current drivers of deforestation and/or forest degradation within your region.1Main drivers1Current drivers of deforestation and/or forest degradationInfrastructure
56772901California8. ForestCurrent state8.2Please select the current drivers of deforestation and/or forest degradation within your region.2Total current annual deforestation rate (%)1Current drivers of deforestation and/or forest degradation0.17
56872901California8. ForestCurrent state8.2Please select the current drivers of deforestation and/or forest degradation within your region.3Comments1Current drivers of deforestation and/or forest degradationCalifornia’s forests, wildlands and adjacent communities have seen significant impacts associated with climate change over the past eight years, including the largest and deadliest in the history of the State, an increase in the size of high severity patches within large fires, and unprecedented tree mortality. Most California forest types evolved with relatively frequent, typically low-intensity fire as an ecosystem process that provided forest resilience and renewal. Loss of traditional Native American fire use practices coupled with the introduction of fire suppression policies in the early in the 20th century has greatly reduced the role of fire in the natural ecological process, which coupled with and significant reduction of mechanical management tools has resulted in in overstocked and unhealthy forest conditions prone to disease and severe wildfires. Catastrophic wildfire and tree mortality, among other threats, threaten accelerating loss of infrastructure, life, habitat, and property; and permanent post-fire conversion of forest to other land types such as grassland or chaparral. In addition to this, expansion and encroachment of human settlements and infrastructure continue to impact forested systems around the state. The annual deforestation rate was calculated using changes from 2007 to 2017.
56972901California8. ForestForest policy and implementation8.8Do you have any policies that directly address deforestation and/or forest degradation issues?0Yes
57072901California8. ForestForest policy and implementation8.8aPlease provide details of your policies on deforestation and/or forest degradation.1Policy name1Z'Berg-Nejedly Forest Practices Act of 1973, and the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)
57172901California8. ForestForest policy and implementation8.8aPlease provide details of your policies on deforestation and/or forest degradation.2Year enforced1
57272901California8. ForestForest policy and implementation8.8aPlease provide details of your policies on deforestation and/or forest degradation.3Forests-related issue covered by the policy1Forest degradation
57372901California8. ForestForest policy and implementation8.8aPlease provide details of your policies on deforestation and/or forest degradation.3Forests-related issue covered by the policy1Deforestation
57472901California8. ForestForest policy and implementation8.8aPlease provide details of your policies on deforestation and/or forest degradation.3Forests-related issue covered by the policy1Conversion of natural habitats
57572901California8. ForestForest policy and implementation8.8aPlease provide details of your policies on deforestation and/or forest degradation.4Drivers covered by the policy1Livestock
57672901California8. ForestForest policy and implementation8.8aPlease provide details of your policies on deforestation and/or forest degradation.4Drivers covered by the policy1Large-scale agriculture
57772901California8. ForestForest policy and implementation8.8aPlease provide details of your policies on deforestation and/or forest degradation.4Drivers covered by the policy1Small-scale agriculture and colonization
57872901California8. ForestForest policy and implementation8.8aPlease provide details of your policies on deforestation and/or forest degradation.4Drivers covered by the policy1Fires
57972901California8. ForestForest policy and implementation8.8aPlease provide details of your policies on deforestation and/or forest degradation.4Drivers covered by the policy1Other, please specify: Climate Change, Pests and Disease, Fire Suppression, Urban/Suburban Development, Unsustainable Logging
58072901California8. ForestForest policy and implementation8.8aPlease provide details of your policies on deforestation and/or forest degradation.4Drivers covered by the policy1Infrastructure
58172901California8. ForestForest policy and implementation8.8aPlease provide details of your policies on deforestation and/or forest degradation.5Policy web link1https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displayexpandedbranch.xhtml?tocCode=PRC&division=4.&title=&part=2.&chapter=8.&article=
58272901California8. ForestForest policy and implementation8.8aPlease provide details of your policies on deforestation and/or forest degradation.6Policy description and region’s role in its enforcement1The Forest Practice Act (FPA) requires landowners to complete and receive CAL FIRE approval for a Timber Harvesting Plan (THP) prior to most forest management efforts. This CEQA-equivalent document takes into consideration stream course protection, risk to wildlife and habitat, fire protection, water quality issues, and sustainable forest yield, among other factors. As part of the regulatory process, a THP is submitted to, and must be reviewed by CAL FIRE (the lead agency), the Department of Fish and Wildlife, the Regional Water Quality Control Board, and the California Geological Survey. The Nonindustrial Timber Management Plan and the more recent Working Forest Management Plan program, enacted through AB 904, (Chesbro, Chapter 648, Statutes of 2013), revised the FPA to help reduce regulatory costs for landowners in the long term.
58372901California8. ForestForest policy and implementation8.8aPlease provide details of your policies on deforestation and/or forest degradation.1Policy name2Assembly Bill 1504 (Skinner, Chapter 534, Statutes of 2010) Forest resources: carbon sequestration.
58472901California8. ForestForest policy and implementation8.8aPlease provide details of your policies on deforestation and/or forest degradation.2Year enforced22010
58572901California8. ForestForest policy and implementation8.8aPlease provide details of your policies on deforestation and/or forest degradation.3Forests-related issue covered by the policy2Conversion of natural habitats
58672901California8. ForestForest policy and implementation8.8aPlease provide details of your policies on deforestation and/or forest degradation.3Forests-related issue covered by the policy2Forest degradation
58772901California8. ForestForest policy and implementation8.8aPlease provide details of your policies on deforestation and/or forest degradation.3Forests-related issue covered by the policy2Deforestation
58872901California8. ForestForest policy and implementation8.8aPlease provide details of your policies on deforestation and/or forest degradation.3Forests-related issue covered by the policy2Other, please specify: Climate Change, Pests and Disease, Fire Suppression, Urban/Suburban Development
58972901California8. ForestForest policy and implementation8.8aPlease provide details of your policies on deforestation and/or forest degradation.4Drivers covered by the policy2Large-scale agriculture
59072901California8. ForestForest policy and implementation8.8aPlease provide details of your policies on deforestation and/or forest degradation.4Drivers covered by the policy2Livestock
59172901California8. ForestForest policy and implementation8.8aPlease provide details of your policies on deforestation and/or forest degradation.4Drivers covered by the policy2Infrastructure
59272901California8. ForestForest policy and implementation8.8aPlease provide details of your policies on deforestation and/or forest degradation.4Drivers covered by the policy2Small-scale agriculture and colonization
59372901California8. ForestForest policy and implementation8.8aPlease provide details of your policies on deforestation and/or forest degradation.4Drivers covered by the policy2Fires
59472901California8. ForestForest policy and implementation8.8aPlease provide details of your policies on deforestation and/or forest degradation.5Policy web link2https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1504
59572901California8. ForestForest policy and implementation8.8aPlease provide details of your policies on deforestation and/or forest degradation.6Policy description and region’s role in its enforcement2Assembly Bill 1504 requires the California Board of Forestry and Fire Protection to ensure that its rules and regulations that govern timber harvesting consider the capacity of forest resources to sequester carbon dioxide emissions sufficient to meet or exceed the state’s GHG reduction target for the forestry sector, consistent with the AB 32 Climate Change Scoping Plan goal of 5 million metric tons CO2 equivalent sequestered per year. The Board is implementing an annual monitoring and reporting process, based on USDA Forest Service Forest Inventory and Analysis data, to meet this requirement.
59672901California8. ForestForest policy and implementation8.8aPlease provide details of your policies on deforestation and/or forest degradation.1Policy name3Senate Bill 1386 (Wolk, Chapter 545, Statutes of 2016) Resource conservation: working and natural lands.
59772901California8. ForestForest policy and implementation8.8aPlease provide details of your policies on deforestation and/or forest degradation.2Year enforced32016
59872901California8. ForestForest policy and implementation8.8aPlease provide details of your policies on deforestation and/or forest degradation.3Forests-related issue covered by the policy3Deforestation
59972901California8. ForestForest policy and implementation8.8aPlease provide details of your policies on deforestation and/or forest degradation.3Forests-related issue covered by the policy3Forest degradation
60072901California8. ForestForest policy and implementation8.8aPlease provide details of your policies on deforestation and/or forest degradation.3Forests-related issue covered by the policy3Conversion of natural habitats

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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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