An estimated 415 acres of fuels will be treated and estimated 1,000 million board feet of volume will be sold with the initial funding

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Region 5 (Pacific Southwest Region) awarded a $2.13 million Cooperative Agreement to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL Fire) under the Good Neighbor Authority (CFDA 10.691) on September 12, 2025. The agreement, which extends through June 30, 2033, authorizes CAL Fire to conduct hazardous fuels reduction and forest restoration treatments across ten National Forests in California. With initial funding, an estimated 415 acres of fuel treatments will be completed and approximately 1,000 million board feet of timber volume will be sold, with potential for expanded acreage and volume as additional funding is added throughout the agreement period.

CAL Fire will deliver a comprehensive suite of forest management services including prescribed burning, timber removal, mastication, mowing, vegetation brushing, tree limbing, hazard tree removal, debris piling and burning, landscape preparation for burning and replanting, critical road repair and restoration for project access, and National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) planning for additional prescribed burning and timber removal activities. These services support wildfire risk reduction and forest health objectives across the ten National Forests while generating timber sale revenue to be reinvested in ongoing land management goals consistent with Good Neighbor Authority program requirements.

The agreement spans 10 years and additional fuels acres and timber volume will increase as if additional funding is added to the agreement through the life of the agreement. The agreement spans 10 national forests and would authorize treatments to occur that will reduce hazardous wildfire including but not limited to prescribed burning, timber removal, mastication, mowing, brushing vegetation, limbing trees, hazard tree falling, piling debris for burning, preparing the landscape to be able to burn, prepare the landscape to replant, repairing roads and restoring roads that are critical to access the projects, and national environmental policy act planning to conduct additional prescribed burning and timber removal.