The California Forest Improvement Program (CFIP) encourages private and public investments in California's forest lands and resources and enhances their management. The program focuses on ensuring a sufficient supply of high-quality timber, creating job opportunities and other economic benefits, and maintaining and improving a productive and stable forest resource system for present and future generations.
The program covers all forest resources, including fish and wildlife habitats, and soil and water quality improvements. It offers cost-sharing assistance to private and public landowners who own between 20 and 5,000 acres of forest land. The eligible cost-shared activities include:
Hiring a Registered Professional Forester (RPF) to prepare a Forest Management Plan.
RPF-supervised activities such as:
Reforestation
Site Preparation
Trees and Planting
Tree Shelters
Stand Improvement
Pre-commercial Thinning or Release
Pruning
Follow-up (includes mechanical, herbicide, and/or slash disposal follow-up)
Forestland conservation practices/fish and wildlife habitat improvement
It is important to note that broadcast/controlled/cultural burning is not eligible for CFIP cost-share.
For a complete list of other practices not eligible for CFIP cost-share, please refer to the User's Guide.
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