California’s 1-million-acre goal: tracking our progress: Research Brief
/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%.
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. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.114083
Figure showing The intensity variation in completed activity acres is depicted across FACTS datasets (blue) and CAL FIRE datasets (black) between 1984 and 2019.
