TCP Headquarters

The TCP Headquarters has a different focus than its Regional counterparts. In general, Headquarters staff works with a state-wide perspective to promote program-wide consistency, communicate with stakeholders and external agencies, and facilitate regulatory and policy changes. As with the rest of TCP, Headquarters' activities ultimately support fish and wildlife conservation. Some Headquarters functions include:

• Provide technical support and develop trainings for Regional TCP staffs
• Represent CDFW at Board of Forestry and Fire Protection and associated committee meetings
• Participate in Timber Regulation and Forest Restoration Program (Assembly Bill 1492) working groups and projects, including:
  • Ecological Performance Measures Working Group
  • Data and Monitoring Working Group
  • Administrative Performance Measures Working Group
  • AB 1492 Leadership Team
  • Campbell Creek Pilot Project
• Participate in the Forest Management Task Force and associated working groups

Regulatory Involvement

TCP Headquarters reviews current and proposed regulations that affect timberland. These regulations are housed under the Forest Practice Rules and determined by the California Board of Forestry and Fire Protection (Board). Regulatory input from TCP Headquarters typically takes the form of verbal comments during Board meetings, informal feedback to Board staff, and formal written comment letters to the Board. 

Below are a selection of CDFW comment letters to the Board:

• 2018 Prioritization of Forest Practice Rule Updates for Botanical Resources (PDF)
• 2017 Board of Forestry and Fire Protection Call for Regulations and Priorities Review (PDF) 
• 2017 Prioritization of Forest Practice Rules: California State Board of Forestry and Fire Protection, California Fish and Game Commission "Interim Joint Policy on Pre, During, and Post Fire Activities and Wildlife Habitat" (PDF)
• Emergency Forest Practice Water Drafting Regulations in Response to Continued Drought and Governor Brown's Drought Proclamations and Executive Orders (PDF)
• 2014-2015 Cumulative Effects Technical Rule Addendum #2 Comments (PDF)