SONOMA COUNTY FOREST RESILIENCE & WOOD PRODUCTS CAMPUS
RESEARCH
RFS’s latest report “Assessing the Viability of Wood Recovery and Utilization in Sonoma County” has identified that counties with significant forest resources require infrastructure to effectively manage them for positive social, environmental and economic outcomes.
RFS’s focus in 2025 and beyond is implementing the report’s recommendations that reflect the priorities of key stakeholders. By doing so, we will help realize local and state climate and wildfire resilience goals through increased capacity for effective forest restoration.
IMPLEMENTATION
RFS has partnered with Forestree Collective since 2022 to implement a small-scale wood recovery and utilization campus in western Sonoma County. By supporting the establishment of their small-diameter milling facility that recovers, aggregates, processes, and build markets for, small-diameter lumber, RFS is well-positioned to implement the next phase to meet local timber processing needs and forest restoration goals.
EXPANSION
Sonoma County has historical infrastructure that is presently available to establish a Forest Resilience & Wood Products Campus. In service to forest restoration, jobs, and climate-smart wood product creation, this Bay Area facility will provide a means for forestland owners and managers to increase annual treatment goals from 2,800 to 10,400 as referenced in our report “Assessing the Viability of Wood Recovery & Utilization in Sonoma County.”
RFS is presently working to secure this site to enable our expansion and we invite you to contact us if you are interested in partnering on this exciting opportunity.
Contact: Temra Costa, Director, temra at regenerativeforestsolutions.org