{ "culture": "en-US", "name": "", "guid": "", "catalogPath": "", "snippet": "The data layers included in this Northern California Regional Resource Kit were assembled/developed by a partnership that includes the Pacific Southwest Research Station of the U.S. Forest Service, the Fire and Resource Assessment Program (FRAP) of CALFIRE, the Climate and Wildfire Institute, and faculty from the University of California Berkeley and Irvine. This science team is working together at the behest of the California Wildfire and Forest Resilience Task Force. As we continue to develop geospatial data for landscape assessment and planning throughout the state, this partnership has now taken the lead in the creation of the Regional Resource Kits for the four regions of California.\n\nThe RRK has adopted the Framework for Resilience to provide a structure for assessing landscape conditions, setting objectives, designing projects, and measuring progress towards social-ecological resilience. There are ten pillars that represent the desired outcomes of landscape resilience. Each of the pillars provides a series of elements and under the elements, metrics (the data layers) for assessing landscape conditions and verifying that actions meet resilience objectives.\n\nThe metrics are organized by the ten pillars of resilience in the Framework for Resilience. The Metrics describe the characteristics of the elements (key characteristics) of each pillar in quantitative or, in a few cases, qualitative terms. Metrics are used to assess, plan for, measure, and monitor progress toward desired outcomes and greater resilience. Metrics are selected to be informative, meaningful, and actionable to meet the needs of management.\n\nThe metrics are also divided into three \u201ctiers.\u201d Among all these metrics, some are created and relevant statewide. Other metrics are more suited to conditions within a given region. 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