Disaster Recovery
Emergency Forest Restoration Teams (EFRTs)
CARCD received an 18.3-million-dollar grant from the USDA Forest Service, State and Private Forestry in Post Fire Disaster Recovery Funds.
High severity wildfire is causing California to lose its forests. Between 2019 and 2021, over 7 million acres of California burned. Without active wildfire recovery, forest cover and health will be jeopardized. These funds support resource conservation districts (RCDs) implementation of post-fire restoration on small private forestlands burned from 2019-2021. Using these funds, CARCD announced subawards to 10 RCDs. This funding allows RCDs to shape or start creating programs resembling Emergency Forest Restoration Teams. In addition to the CARCD-funded EFRTs, five other EFRTs (four of those being RCD-led) are working across the state to assist non-industrial private landowners.
Click here to learn more about Emergency Forest Restoration Teams
EFRT Story Map
CARCD recently released an Emergency Forest Restoration Teams story map, which includes more detail on what EFRTs are, a map of the RCDs with EFRTs, regional stories, and specific fires that have EFRT efforts. For any questions or more information, reach out to sophia-lemmo@carcd.org.
Click here to see CARCD's EFRT Story Map
RCD Efforts
Click on the links below for a video on each RCD's specific program (more coming soon).
See this video for additional context on Emergency Forest Restoration Teams.
EFRT Showcase Part 1 (Full) - 1 hour
EFRT Showcase Part 2 (Full) - 1 hour
Butte County RCD - 9 minutes
Coarsegold RCD - 7 minutes
El Dorado RCD - 15 minutes
Feather River RCD - 7 minutes
Honey Lake Valley RCD - 12 minutes
Humboldt County RCD - 8 minutes
Inland Empire RCD - 7 minutes
Placer County RCD - 12 minutes
RCD of Tehama County - 4 minutes
Shasta Valley RCD - 14 minutes
Sierra RCD - 10 minutes
Solano RCD - 11 minutes
Western Shasta RCD - 3 minutes
Click here for UCCE's EFRT Lessons Learned Document