UC Cooperative Extension, San Benito Agricultural Land Trust, the San Benito RCD, and other partners have recently updated the Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP). In 2025 we are embarking on the development of the Regional Priority Plan (RPP) for San Benito County.

The CWPP will serve as a roadmap for prioritizing hazardous fuels reduction and other fire prevention activities to improve community resilience to wildfires. The RPP will describe the existing conditions of wildlands in the county and will recommend a set of priority projects aimed at reducing risk and damage to sensitive resources and communities. Having an RPP is a key requirement for continuing and expanding the region’s funding for wildfire mitigation related projects.

This program is funded by a grant from the Coastal Conservancy.

Thank you to all those who attended the Community Meetings in San Juan Bautista, Tres Pinos, and Paicines in 2024 and those who submitted comments on the draft CWPP!  Please contact the RCD or email sanbenitowildfireplan@gmail.com if you would like to be involved in the development of the RPP.

Learn more about the San Benito Wildfire Resilence Program here:

Read the CWPP here:

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