Improving California’s Forest and Watershed Management

LEGISLATIVE ANALYST’S OFFICE –  February 13, 2019
Improving California’s Forest and Watershed Management

PRESENTED TO:

Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 3 on Resources and Transportation, Hon. Richard Bloom, Chair
Assembly Committee on Natural Resources, Hon. Laura Friedman, Chair

An Overview of California’s Forestlands

• Forests provide critical statewide benefits for water supply, climate change mitigation, and wildlife habitat.
• A changing climate increases the importance of maintaining this beneficial role.
• Most of the forests across the state are in an unhealthy condition. Forests display excessive vegetation density and unprecedented levels of tree mortality.
• Broad Consensus That a Suite of Activities Is Needed to Improve Forest Conditions.  Management activities include mechanical thinning, prescribed burning, and meadow restoration.

The full report can be found here: Improving California’s Forest and Watershed Management

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