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Fuels Reduction Overview
What We Are Doing
A healthy forest is more resilient to potentially devastating disturbances,
such as fire, pests, disease and drought, and plays an important role in
California’s water supply and air quality.
Fire is an essential ecological
process in fire-dependent
ecosystems, such as California
wildlands. However, over a
century of fire suppression has
led to wildlands, woodlands and
rangelands that are unable to
withstand normal droughts, insect
outbreaks or wildfires. The purpose
of any fuels reduction project is to
change the size and composition
In response to Governor
Executive
Learn Newsom’s
Order N-05-19, CAL FIRE
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systematically identified
35 high priority fuels
reduction projects and
other measures to protect over 200 of
California’s most wildfire-vulnerable
communities. For further information
and detailed project reports, click here.
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of the fuels in the forest, creating
a break in fuel continuity. Doing
so removes ladder fuels which can
carry fire from the forest floor to the
tree crowns where it can become a
devastating fire that quickly spreads.
The goal of fuels reduction is to
create conditions that mimic the
role of low intensity fire or other
disturbances that once naturally
thinned the forest.
California’s Forest
Wildfire
Learn and
Resilience Action
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Plan outlines actions
to reduce wildfire
risk and improve the
health of forests and wildlands.
Learn what CAL FIRE will do by
clicking here.
