AB 1492 UPDATE FOR BOARD OF FORESTRY AND FIRE PROTECTION March 8, 2017 California Natural Resources Agency Departments of Conservation, Fish and Wildlife, Forestry and Fire Protection California Environmental Protection Agency State and Regional Water Boards
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AB 1492 UPDATE FOR BOARD OF FORESTRY AND FIRE PROTECTION March 8, 2017
California Natural Resources Agency Departments of Conservation, Fish and Wildlife, Forestry and Fire Protection
California Environmental Protection Agency State and Regional Water Boards
Overview of Presentation • Budget • CalTREES • THP Review Times and THP Returns • Campbell Creek Pilot Project • Grant Programs • Ecological Performance Measures • Training
Timber Regulation and Forest Restoration Fund Revenues and Expenditures
Natural Resources Agency $2.6 $1.2 Department of Forestry and Fire Protection $18.2 $21.8 Department of Conservation $3.7 $4.1 Department of Fish and Wildlife $8.8 $8.5 State Water Resources Control Board $5.3 $6.1 Board of Equalization $1.2 $1.8 Pro Rata Assessment $2.5
TOTAL EXPENDITURES $39.9 $46.1 RESERVES $27.9 $22.8
Budget Changes in FY 2016-17 • Water Boards:
• 5 limited-term positions converted to permanent.
• Board of Forestry and Fire Protection: • $425,000/year for two years for EMC.
• Natural Resources Agency: • $230,000/year (ongoing) for public participation process
and technical/science support; including authority to make per diem payments to non-agency members of advisory bodies.
CA Timber Regulation and Environmental Evaluation System
• The Natural Resources Agency Data Center is managing a contractor for the development of this on-line timber harvest permitting system.
• CAL FIRE (lead) and the other Review Team agencies, plus the Board of Forestry and Fire Protection Executive Officer, are working closely with the contactor.
• CalTREES will support several AB 1492 Program Goals: • Efficiency
• Plan Submission and Review • Data Collection • Reporting
• Transparency
• Outreach includes: • Past presentations to the Board of Forestry and Fire Protection; • Numerous discussions with a wide range of stakeholders; • Two stakeholder workshops held in January 2017; • Invitations to interested stakeholders to engage closely in the
system design process. • Three phases of system development:
1. Submission of harvest plans (THPS, NTMPs, etc.) or permit notices (to be completed by October 2017);
2. Review and approval of plans, including preharvest inspections (April 2018);
3. Post-approval processes such as operation inspections, completion inspections, enforcement actions (May 2018).
THP & NTMP Review Times and THP Return Issues
Approved Plan Review Time Statistics, Fiscal Years 2011-12 to 2015-16.
• Initial work is based on publically-reviewed “Concept Paper” • 3 drafts, 2 public workshops, lots of public comments
• Campbell Creek Planning Watershed – S. Fork Ten Mile River (Lyme Timber Co. primary landowner)
• Collection/collating of existing data (except LiDAR) • Multi-agency and stakeholder working group (12 public members, 9 agency
staff) • Assisted by additional 16 agency staff
• First public meeting was in December • Currently: developing Scope of Work with public members and agency staff • Up to two more Pilot Projects in the future
Pilot Project Public Process
Data and Monitoring Working Group’s Objectives and the Campbell Creek Pilot Project
Lidar Acquisition
Southwestern Mendocino County
Complete By
4/1 4/30 1/31/2018
Activity
Lidar flights Ground survey Final lidar data
Adjacent High Quality Lidar Datasets
Project Area Quality* Sq. Mi.
SW Mendocino Co QL1 1,228 Sonoma County QL1 1,644 Russian River QL2 535 Lake County QL2 1,342 _____ total approx. 4,750 mi2
* QL1 requires nominal pulse density of 8 pts/m2.
QL2 requires nominal pulse density of 2 pts/m2.
Forest Restoration Grant Programs • Department of Fish and Wildlife
• State Water Board
• Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
Forest Land Anadromous Restoration Grants
• TRFRF-funded; AB1492: “Existing restoration grant programs”
• $2 million per FY • Supports projects on non-federal forest lands that
address impacts to anadromous salmonids from past forest management activities (“forest legacy issues”)
• Administered through DFW Fisheries Restoration Grants Program
Watersheds Included Under FLAR
Forest Lands Anadromous Restoration Grant Funds To-Date
Nonpoint Source Pollution in California >75% of impaired water bodies are impacted by nonpoint source pollution. Most significant sources of NPS Pollution are from: • Agriculture and Grazing • Forestry/Timber • Hydro-modification • Coastal and Aquatic Habitat impacts • Septic
CWA Section 319 Funding in EPA Region 9 – FY 2015
AZ CA HI NV AM Samoa Guam Marianas
Arizona $2,469,700
California $8,023,000* Hawaii $1,161,300
Nevada $1,279,600
American Samoa $405,300
Guam $405,300
Marianas $405,300
*Nationally, CA is largest state allocation (5.34%), Texas second (4.75%), & Illinois third (4.12%)
California
• $2 Million per year • Projects that can demonstrate water quality improvement through the application of Forest Management Measures
• Example Projects • Stream Restoration • Road Stabilization • Post Fire Recovery • Fuels Reduction
• The purpose of the California Forest Improvement Program (CFIP) program is to encourage private and public investment in, and improved management of, California forest lands and resources.
• The CFIP can provide eligible landowners with technical and financial assistance for planning, reforestation and resource management investments that improve the quality and value of forestland. Under current State law, CFIP can help with rebuilding forest, soil, water, fish and wildlife resources to meet our future needs for a healthy environment and productive forest and woodlands.
• Cost share program that will reimburse landowners up to 75% of the cap cost for allowable activities.
• Up to 90% on watershed/habitat improvement projects or where forestland has been damaged by a catastrophic event (e.g., wildfire).
The California Forest Improvement Program-CFIP
CFIP Eligibility
• Landowners must have 20 acres minimum, 5,000 acres maximum of forestland in CA.
• Must be nonindustrial private forestland that can support at least 10% native tree canopy.
• Landowner must agree to keep land in a compatible use (i.e., no conversion), and in forest management for a minimum of 10 years. Must record Land Use Addendum.
• $100,000 maximum project cost.
Allowable activities include: • Management Plan Development • RPF Supervision • Site Preparation • Reforestation • Tree Shelters • Pre-commercial Thinning • Pruning • Release • Follow-up • Habitat Improvement/Land Conservation/
Wildlife/Fisheries • “Fuels treatment”- PCT + follow up + pruning
The California Forest Improvement Program-CFIP
CFIP Funds and Staffing In FY 2015/16, established 8 limited-term positions and $3-3.5 million annually (2 years) for CFIP grants.
TRFRF funding in FY’s 15/16 and 16/17 has enabled the CFIP program to encumber 183 projects across 52,200 acres statewide. Over $2 million has been encumbered specifically within the mortality counties for dead tree removal and reforestation projects across 48 projects. With the proposed 2017-18 funds ($3.4 million) we anticipate completing an additional 100 CFIP grant contracts that will provide forest restoration on over 35,000 acres.
Understory Brush Removal for Fuel Reduction
Ecological Performance Measures
• AB 1492 recognizes the need for ecological performance measures (EPMs) as provided for in the statute in several places.
• Approach: • Prepare a background White Paper to help Program staff and
stakeholders understand and meaningfully discuss the subject. • Following outreach to experts and stakeholders, Program staff
developed an outline for the EPM White Paper. • UC Cooperative Forestry Extension and UC Berkeley are preparing
the EPM White Paper. • Several draft sections in process. • Expect complete draft to share with public and begin stakeholder
workshops and discussion in spring 2017.
Ecological Performance Measures
Training and Educational Opportunities
Cross-Training and Collaboration • Review Team Agency Roles and Responsibilities • Basic Forest Practices • Water Drafting Workshop • Forestry for Non-Foresters • Watercourse Crossing Workshop • Watercourse Classification • Collaboration/Joint Ventures with Stakeholders • Timber Training and Resource Website • More to come…
The workshop included a classroom module and hands-on field demonstrations.