Resource Conservation District seeks community input on multi-year fuels-reduction plan

Apr 27, 2026

The county RCD previewed a West Point Wildfire Defense System concept and described the multi-step process—funding, landowner agreements, archaeological/biological surveys and CEQA—required before fuel-treatment work can begin.

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Trina Wally, executive director of the Resource Conservation District, presented the RCD's approach to fuels reduction, watershed protection and the newly mapped West Point Wildfire Defense System. She emphasized that projects typically follow a multi-year timeline: concept development, securing funding, landowner approvals, environmental surveys and public-bid construction. "This process can take up to 5 years," Wally said when setting expectations for timeframe and next steps.

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