California: • $757,000 to Dinkey Collaborative, a 154,000-acre project that sits in the epicenter of unprecedented fuel loading due to the Southern Sierran tree mortality that to date has received $7.6 million in CFLRP funding. The Biden Administration says 24 funded landscape projects started in 2009 to advance treatments to reduce catastrophic wildfire risk for more than 4.5 million acres -- the size of Connecticut and Rhode Island combined and, “The projects also supported more than $2.3-billion in total labor income and engaged more than 420 organizations in local collaborative work alongside landowners and interested individuals. These landscape restoration activities established 224,000 acres of forest vegetation by planting, seeding, and natural regeneration while also reducing or eradicating invasive plants across 210,000 acres. Restoration also enhanced more than 1,760 miles of stream habitat. The multi-year funding commitment and collaborative capacity are key enabling conditions for these results.” USDA says the money comes from a combination of funds from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and annual appropriations. The selected projects are in California, Oregon, Arkansas, Colorado, Missouri, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Washington. n
history of successful cross-boundary, all-lands restoration collaboration. $673,000 to the Deschutes Collaborative Forest Project includes 258,000 acres of high-value landscape with a broad array of collaborative support. Previously funded with $6.7 million, the additional funding will keep the project going for another five years. Efforts focus on reducing high-severity wildfire in the wildland-urban interface, protecting watersheds, preserving recreation areas, and providing jobs and wood products.
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April 2022 | The Business Review
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