AB 2513: Wildfire: Regional Forest and Fire Capacity Program: local assistance grant program: regional landscape grants.

<p>The bill authorizes the director of the Department of Conservation to award regional landscape grants directly to regional entities to implement strategies that create fire-adapted communities and landscapes. It extends the authorization for advance payments of these grants indefinitely.</p> <p>It also requires the Director of Forestry and Fire Protection to allocate funds for projects improving ecosystem health and regional landscape grants, establishing guidelines in collaboration with the Wildfire and Forest Resilience Task Force.</p> <p>The bill expands eligible activities under the local assistance grant program to include vegetation modification aimed at reducing wildfire ignition risk and adds ignition prevention as an eligible activity.</p> <p>Lastly, it authorizes the Wildlife Conservation Board to award regional landscape grants to local entities for implementing regional p…