The Natural Resources Conservation Service has money to help California property owners remove dead trees.

NRCS will allocate $4 million for tree mortality projects. Funding is available through the NRCS Environmental Quality Incentives Program.

Landowners with dead trees on non-industrial private conifer forestlands in Amador, Calaveras, El Dorado, Fresno, Kern, Lake, Los Angeles, Madera, Mariposa, Nevada, Placer, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, Tulare and Tuolumne counties may be eligible for financial assistance. The minimum size forestland property is 1 acre and at least 100 feet wide.

The Forest Tree Mortality Initiative is focused on removing dead trees on larger, severely damaged, private forestlands.

Eligible landowners should contact their local county NRCS service center for more information and to apply:
Amador — 209.223.6535; El Dorado — 530.295.5630; Nevada — 530.272.3417; and Placer — 530.885.6505.