10/10/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 10/10/2024 17:52
Oct 10, 2024
What you need to know: California rolls out new dashboards showing a ramp up in fuels management to help protect California communities from wildfires and improve forest health.
SACRAMENTO - California unveiled newly updated, first-of-their-kind dashboards that will help Californians track the state's wildfire prevention work. Along with these new tools, state officials announced that 700,000 acres of land were treated for wildfire resilience in 2023, and that prescribed fire more than doubled between 2021 and 2023. For the first time, all fuels management projects are being tracked in one place, on one map, delivering valuable information for project planning and wildfire response.
Governor Gavin Newsom
New tools to track fire-prevention progress
The updated Interagency Treatment Dashboard, led by the Governor's Wildfire and Forest Resilience Task Force, now covers data from 2021 to 2023, showing the acres of completed wildfire resilience (or "treatments") work. The dashboard combines data from federal, state, tribal, local, and private entities, creating a comprehensive hub for wildfire prevention information.
Showing how wildfire resilience projects protect communities
CAL FIRE also launched the Fuel Treatment Effectiveness Dashboard, which tracks how wildfire prevention projects have helped shield communities and landscapes from wildfires. Utilizing real-time data, this tool allows officials to measure how fuel treatments have impacted fire behavior, evacuation routes, and firefighting efforts during recent fires.
Over 700,000 acres of wildfire prevention work
In 2023, 700,000 acres were treated to help protect against wildfires, with many protected acres receiving multiple treatments such as thinning, prescribed fire, or other practices to improve forest health and community resilience. The Task Force is tracking both "activity acres" (more than 1,000,000) - which reflect the level of effort conducted through various state, federal, and private programs - and "footprint acres" (nearly 700,000) which show the total geographic area treated in a calendar year.
The 2023 data shows a significant increase in acres treated since 2021, largely due to a significant expansion of prescribed fire treatments, which more than doubled since 2021. The increase in pace and scale of wildfire resilience projects has been led by the Governor's Wildfire and Forest Resilience Task Force, and its work to implement the Governor's Wildfire and Forest Resilience Action Plan. The Dashboard is part of the strategy to connect the various statewide entities committed to this monumental task.
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