Forest Health and Wildfire Resiliency Program

How it works

The Resource Conservation District of Monterey County says its Forest Health and Wildfire Resiliency Program has, since November 2018, planned and coordinated fuels projects, fire infrastructure and natural resources mapping, prescribed burning, and wildfire prevention outreach throughout Monterey County. The page says the program has been instrumental in bolstering fire prevention and forest health in the county’s wildland-urban interface and in acquiring funding for organizational capacity and building local groups focused on prescribed burning and community defensible space.

What the money covers

The page does not give a homeowner grant amount or rebate amount. It says the program’s funding for forest health and fuels reduction work has been awarded predominantly from CAL FIRE, the California Marine Sanctuary Foundation, the Department of Conservation, the State Coastal Conservancy, Monterey County’s Department of Emergency Management, and Monterey County’s Housing and Community Development.

What homeowners should know

The official page is project-oriented and community-oriented. It mentions support for community defensible space, but it does not describe a direct homeowner application or household reimbursement program on the page itself.

Timing and deadlines

The page says the program has existed since November 2018 and is active, but it does not list current application deadlines or open/closed status for homeowner funding.