Regional Resource Kits

The science and data needed to make smart decisions exists, but it’s scattered across research institutions, agencies, and reports that most land managers don’t have the time or resources to navigate. Without a clear way to access and apply that information locally, treatment planning defaults to what’s familiar rather than what’s most effective. 

CWI supported the development of the Regional Resource Kits — a set of practical, science-based tools that translate complex forest resilience data into formats land managers can actually use. Built through close collaboration between academic institutions, state and federal agencies, and regional partners, the kits distill a wide range of existing metrics down to those most relevant at the community level, integrating local knowledge, avoiding duplication, and giving land managers a clearer basis for prioritizing treatments with the greatest impact. The Regional Resource Kits are currently housed with the California Wildfire & Forest Resilience Task Force.

THE IMPACT: Science that reaches the people making decisions on the ground, closing the gap between research and implementation where it matters most. 

PARTNERS: California Wildfire & Forest Resilience Task Force