$2.7M Goes To Santa Cruz County Forest Health

SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, CA — The Resource Conservation District of Santa Cruz County has been awarded $2.7 million from Cal Fire to improve forest health. Cal Fire has awarded more than $67 million to 13 counties.

The funding will be used to reduce fuel, manage pests, conduct research, plant trees and more on 506 high-priority acres of state lands in the county, with the goal being to make the land healthier and more resistant to fires, Cal Fire said in a statement.

The Resource Conservation District will work with the Santa Cruz Mountain Stewardship Network, the Amah Mutsun tribal band and private landowners, Cal Fire said.

The funding was made available thanks to statewide climate change program California Climate Investments. More than $1 billion will be made available for forest management over the next five years, Cal Fire said.