Why are we conducting this survey?
The State of California has developed a series of statewide plans for the management of forests and other lands, including the goals laid out in the California Forest Carbon Plan, Draft Natural and Working Lands Implementation Plan, State Wildlife Action Plan, and California Water Plan, among others. Achieving these goals will require an increase in the pace and scale of management activities throughout the State. The State relies on organizations operating at local and regional scales to implement land management. This survey will allow the State to gain a better understanding of where land management organizations are located, the management practices they prioritize, and their capacity to scale-up their current efforts to help meet State goals.
What is included in this survey?
We are seeking information on current and planned management activities, management activity costs, current and potential implementation capacity, management priorities, and goals for future management.
Who is the intended audience?
We hope to receive responses from tribes, resource conservation districts, local governments, fire safe councils, collaboratives, watershed councils, and other organizations that currently work on, or want to work on, implementation of forest management, fire-related vegetation management, and natural lands restoration in California, at scales ranging from an individual neighborhood to a regional landscape. This survey defines “implementing organizations” are those employing staff, volunteers, and/or contractors to manage vegetation. Only one person per organization should complete this survey. We are not using this survey to collect information on State or Federal government activities and State or Federal government employees should not respond to this survey unless doing so as a representative of a collaborative or other organization operating at a local or regional scale.
How is this different from other recent surveys?
Several other surveys and assessments have recently been conducted in California, including the Forest and/or Fire Capacity and Needs Assessment, barriers to prescribed fire implementation, and a survey of impediments and opportunities in forest management conducted by the Forest Management and Restoration Working Group of the Forest Management Task Force in late 2018. We thank you for your participation in these other efforts, which have produced valuable insights into forest management needs. This survey will build on those efforts to focus on why organizations are managing forests (e.g., defend infrastructure, restore habitat, etc.), the costs of implementing management, and goals for future management activity. This information is needed in order to see how local priorities align with State goals and design more effective policy and implementation programs to meet those goals.
The State of California has developed a series of statewide plans for the management of forests and other lands, including the goals laid out in the California Forest Carbon Plan, Draft Natural and Working Lands Implementation Plan, State Wildlife Action Plan, and California Water Plan, among others. Achieving these goals will require an increase in the pace and scale of management activities throughout the State. The State relies on organizations operating at local and regional scales to implement land management. This survey will allow the State to gain a better understanding of where land management organizations are located, the management practices they prioritize, and their capacity to scale-up their current efforts to help meet State goals.
What is included in this survey?
We are seeking information on current and planned management activities, management activity costs, current and potential implementation capacity, management priorities, and goals for future management.
Who is the intended audience?
We hope to receive responses from tribes, resource conservation districts, local governments, fire safe councils, collaboratives, watershed councils, and other organizations that currently work on, or want to work on, implementation of forest management, fire-related vegetation management, and natural lands restoration in California, at scales ranging from an individual neighborhood to a regional landscape. This survey defines “implementing organizations” are those employing staff, volunteers, and/or contractors to manage vegetation. Only one person per organization should complete this survey. We are not using this survey to collect information on State or Federal government activities and State or Federal government employees should not respond to this survey unless doing so as a representative of a collaborative or other organization operating at a local or regional scale.
How is this different from other recent surveys?
Several other surveys and assessments have recently been conducted in California, including the Forest and/or Fire Capacity and Needs Assessment, barriers to prescribed fire implementation, and a survey of impediments and opportunities in forest management conducted by the Forest Management and Restoration Working Group of the Forest Management Task Force in late 2018. We thank you for your participation in these other efforts, which have produced valuable insights into forest management needs. This survey will build on those efforts to focus on why organizations are managing forests (e.g., defend infrastructure, restore habitat, etc.), the costs of implementing management, and goals for future management activity. This information is needed in order to see how local priorities align with State goals and design more effective policy and implementation programs to meet those goals.