Community and Tribal Partnerships
CAL FIRE 2019 to 2026 Achievements
California has invested over $1 billion in wildfire prevention, forest health, and community resilience, funding hundreds of projects, supporting the most Firewise Communities in the nation, helping homeowners harden properties against wildfire, and strengthening Tribal partnerships through cultural burning, resilience grants, and the return of ancestral lands.
Local Assistance Grants
Major statewide investment: California has invested more than $1 billion in wildfire prevention, forest health, and community resilience, supporting hundreds of projects statewide.
Wildfire Prevention Grants: More than $566 million has funded 575+ local projects focused on hazardous fuel reduction, community planning, and public education.
Forest Health Grants: More than $460 million has supported 80+ large-scale forest restoration projects to improve forest health and reduce wildfire risk.
Tribal Relations
- Strengthening Tribal partnerships: CAL FIRE supported the historic return of 308 acres of land near Foresthill through the Owl Creek Project and CAL FIRE Forest Legacy Program, creating more established Tribal partnerships across wildfire preparedness, response, recovery, forest health and stewardship.
- Expanding Tribal engagement: CAL FIRE is developing Tribal Liaison positions within Incident Management Teams and Tribal points of contact within Units, creating established communication channels before and during wildfire incidents and improving coordination around cultural resources.
- Investing in Tribal resilience: Over the past three years, CAL FIRE has awarded more than $34 million directly to Tribes for wildfire resilience and forest health efforts, including prescribed fire, fuels reduction, reforestation, Traditional Ecological Knowledge and training. An additional $14 million-plus has gone to Tribally led nonprofit organizations.
