UC Cooperative Extension, San Benito Agricultural Land Trust, the San Benito RCD, and other partners have recently updated the Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP).  Throughout 2025 and 2026, we have completed 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 provides a list of ongoing wildfire resilience and risk reduction efforts in the county and recommends future 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 project is funded by a block grant awarded to the State Coastal Conservancy through the California Department of Conservation.

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 have priority projects added to RPP.

Updated Fact Sheet:

 

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SBWRP Fact Sheet