Monterey County Forest Health and Fire Resilience (MCFHFR) Regional Priority Plan (RPP)

The MCFHFR is intended to support a collaborative, community-driven approach to wildfire risk reduction by leveraging existing resources, planning documents, and partnerships to develop evaluation criteria that prioritize Monterey County’s most vulnerable areas. The State of California has indicated that the future of forest health and wildfire prevention grant funding will use regional priority plans as the main source for guiding funding allocations. This approach utilizes block grants as a way to enable more efficient and customizable resource allotments.

→RPP Partner Folder

→ Map of Project Areas (ArcGIS WebMap: license not needed; publicly viewable)

→ Edit submitted projects here (ArcGIS Portal: license needed) 

→ Submit new projects here (ArcGIS Survey123: license not needed)

The main function of the RPP is to serve as a living database of forest health and wildfire resilience projects that have been identified, cultivated and curated by regional land management organizations. The RPP will create an evaluation process for future project prioritization and funding as equitably, and expeditiously as possible. The project prioritization process builds upon past efforts and insights from Monterey County partner organizations, in particular the MCCWPP that was created in 2010 and updated through July 2023. 

→ Read or edit the RPPMC Document (Google Docs)

The RPP is a guidance document for partners and resource management stakeholders interested in developing and submitting wildfire resiliency and forest health projects for regional prioritization and for consideration in state block grant funding programs. The intent of the RPP is not to attempt to compile an exhaustive list of priority projects, but rather to be a living, companion document to assist interested organizations and community members in developing, ranking (prioritizing) and submitting their projects through the RPP portal and grant funding opportunities.

 

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