Countywide GIS Public-Private Partnership
Many agencies and community based organizations maintain GIS data for internal purposes and needs. As a result, there are multiple specialized systems for particular needs and redundant technical capacity.
Dangermond Preserve Fire Resilience Projects
The Nature Conservancy stewards the 24,000-acre Jack and Laura Dangermond Preserve (JLDP) at Point Conception. JLDP is of biological and cultural significance regionally and globally.
Developing Indigenous Burning Guidelines
Prescribed fire can help reduce fuel loads in key areas that are safe to burn and where there has been a dearth of fire in the past.
Wildfire Literacy Education: Support for Burn Cycle Project Santa Barbara based artist Ethan Turpin is poised to expand his high impact education efforts
There is a great need to keep the community interested and engaged about the risk of fire before another major event occurs. Social awareness regarding fire is generally at a high level of engagement immediately after a fire event…
Wildfire Literacy Education: Capacity and Funding for Preparedness Education
Community preparedness and prevention depends on an informed and literate populace, familiar with the ecological reality of living in Santa Barbara County's high risk wildfire country.
Coordination of WUI Projects Across Management Entity Boundaries for example with LPNF, VAFB, Land Trusts, and County Parks
When fires occur, they often start in areas of the national forest and enter into the unincorporated WUI portions of the County. There is a need to conduct detailed mapping of invasive, flammable vegetation or other fire risks…
Restoration with a Fire Resilience Focus: Mapping and Removal of Invasive and Non-native Species that Exacerbate Fire Risk
The restoration recommendations detailed in other restoration items in the Regional Priority Plan would also require the removal of invasive and non-native species from other high priority areas in the WUI.
Inventory of Needed Riparian Restoration
The efforts that were conducted in Goleta should be replicated throughout different portions of Santa Barbara County, as staffing and capacity allows.