Technical and Financial Assistance
Providing Assistance for Forest Landowners
Technical Assistance
Technical assistance can take many forms--one-on-one consultations, workshops, webinars, conferences, landowner curriculums, newsletters, videos, and other resources. Contact your local CAL FIRE, UC Cooperative Extension, Resource Conservation District, or National Resource Conservation Service offices (see below for info).
CAL FIRE Forest Landowner Assistance Programs
Stewart McMorrow - 530-379-5085
CAL FIRE Forestry Assistance Specialists
California Association of RCDs - 916-447-7237; staff@carcd.org
California Dept of Fish & Game
Tina Bartlett - 916-653-9834; tbartlett@dfg.ca.gov
U.C. Cooperative Extension Forest Advisors
Greg Giusti, Mendocino-Lake Counties: 707-463-4495
Susie Kocher, El Dorado County: 530-542-2571
Lenya Quinn-Davidson, Fire Advisor, Humboldt, Trinity, Siskiyou, Trinity: 707-445-7351
Rick Satomi, Shasta, Siskiyou, Trinity: 530-224-4900
Bill Stewart, Statewide: 510-643-3130
Yana Valachovic, Humboldt-Del Norte Counties: 707-445-7351
Kate Wilkin, Sutter, Yuba, Butte, Nevada: 530-822-7515
USDA Forest Service
Janice Gauthier 707-562-8875
Financial Assistance
California Forest Improvement Program provides cost share assistance for improving private, nonindustrial timberlands.