Larabee valley forest health and resiliency project

The Larabee Valley Forest Health and Resiliency Project is a $130,000 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management (BLM) under the BLM Forest and Woodlands Resource Management Program (CFDA 15.233). The grant was awarded on September 20, 2024 to the non-profit Watershed Research and Training Center (WRTC) to deliver forest management services focused on enhancing forest ecosystem health and resilience in California. Through this award, WRTC will execute activities such as tree planting, forest thinning, fuels reduction, and habitat conservation to improve the long-term viability of the Larabee Valley forests and mitigate risks from wildfire, insects, and drought. The Cooperative Agreement has an ultimate completion date of August 31, 2029, aligning with the BLM program's goals of maintaining and improving the 58 million acres of forest and woodland across the western United States.