Commissioners discuss expanded wildfire work and exploring a Forest Improvement District

Aug 12, 2026

Officials described increased community receptiveness to forest-health projects, a Beaverbrook project in scoping, and exploration of a multi-jurisdiction Forest Improvement District (FID) that could help fund landscape-scale mitigation.

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Commissioners used the town hall to describe expanding wildfire‑mitigation efforts and a regional push to fund larger landscape projects. George Marlin and Rebecca Lloyd both discussed new momentum for forest-health work and cited a Beaverbrook Canyon project currently being scoped by the Forest Service.

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