Funded by CALFIRE and USDA State and Private Forestry, this wildfire recovery program assist Plumas County Non-industrial Private Forest (NIPF) landowners that were impacted by the North Complex and Beckwourth Complex in 2020 and the Dixie Fire in 2021.
Restoration practices provided to landowners include no-cost technical assistance for fire recovery such as a site visit from a Registered Professional Forester (RPFs) working with the program, mechanical site preparation, reforestation, and follow-up release treatments. Landowners can enroll in the program through an online form. Currently, all newly enrolled landowners are being placed on a wait list.
To date the EFoRT program has completed 1,601 acres of site preparation, 1,104 acres of planting, and 801 acres of release treatments.
The Emergency Forest Restoration Team (EFoRT) is headed by the RCD and includes partner input from the Plumas County Firesafe Council, Maidu Summit Consortium, University of California Cooperative Extension, Sierra Institute for Community and Environment, Natural Resource Conservation Service, and CALFIRE.