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One example of a project supported by this round of grant funding is the Owl Creek Fee/Conservation Easement in Placer County. The project will provide funding to the Colfax-Todds Valley Consolidated Tribe to acquire the property, while Placer Land Trust will hold a conservation easement to ensure its protection. The Tribe will manage the land as a living laboratory, using indigenous management practices and traditional knowledge to demonstrate ecological restoration. This approach will also serve as a hands-on, multigenerational learning experience, helping to preserve traditional ecological knowledge and land stewardship. As part of the project, the Tribe will contribute a cultural assessment of the property, adding valuable insights to the overall conservation effort.
CAL FIRE grants fund the purchase of conservation easements and where appropriate, fee title of productive forest lands to encourage their long-term conservation. Conservation easements are voluntary legal agreements that permanently limits uses of the land to protect conservation values. The primary tool CAL FIRE uses to conserve forest lands in perpetuity is the permanent Working Forest Conservation Easement (WFCE). A WFCE is an effective, cooperative legal agreement that permanently protects the important natural values of a forest property—fisheries, water supplies, wildlife habitat, and open space—while ensuring good forest management and sustainable flows of the wood products we need.
Forest Legacy grants were funded through the legislature’s Wildfire Resilience enhancements to the Governor’s budget in fiscal years 2022/2023 and 2023/2024.
To view the full list of grant recipients and for more information on Forest Legacy Grants, visit the Forest Legacy Program website.
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