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California’s 1-million-acre goal: tracking our progress

Description

In this study, the authors integrated archival federal (FACTS) and state (CAL FIRE) forest activity databases dating from 1984 to 2019, analyzed current and historic management trends, and evaluated the archival record’s spatial accuracy against remotely sensed data. California’s progress toward the 1-million-acres of annually treated land is currently at 30%.


Contact

Clarke A. Knight, cknight@usgs.gov 

John J. Battles, jbattles@berkeley.edu

Additional Information

Knight, C.A., R.E. Tompkins, J.A. Wang, R. York, M.L. Goulden, and J.J. Battles. 2022. Accurate tracking of forest activity key to multi-jurisdictional management goals: A case study in California. Journal of Environmental Management 302:114083.