2022 NACo ACHIEVEMENT AWARD WINNER Preventing Catastrophic Fire through a Master Stewardship Agreement TUOLUMNE COUNTY, CA

CATEGORY: County Resiliency

Tuolumne County is using a Master Stewardship Agreement (MSA) to proactively increase the pace and scale of forest health projects, building local landscape resilience and protecting communities and critical resources from catastrophic wildfire. In partnership with the diverse forest collaborative, Yosemite Stanislaus Solutions (YSS), the Stanislaus National Forest and private industry, Tuolumne County has built a program of shared stewardship that aims to halt the pattern of destructive fire in our area and restore our forested landscape. Using the MSA signed in January 2018 and nearly $30 million received to date from a combination of state and federal grants, Tuolumne County has funding to restore or treat nearly 22,000 acres of the Stanislaus National Forest and is actively working together with our partners to expand our efforts even further in the coming years.