Flat Top Park Fire Resilience
We’re making communities safer while increasing recreation opportunities and habitat
Location: 1040 Montecito Dr, Los Angeles 90031
Timeline: Jun 2021 – Present
Funded By: State Coastal Conservancy
Additional Grant Contribution: Los Angeles County Regional Park and Open Space District, Proposition A Maintenance & Servicing Program
Project Partners: Community Nature Connection, State Coastal Conservancy
The goal of Flat Top Park Fire Resilience is to increase climate resilience, specifically from the effects of harmful wildfires. Flat Top Park is a 38-acre public park owned, operated, and maintained by North East Trees. We will implement a comprehensive fuel reduction and non-native vegetation management plan for the park, which includes increasing the Wildland Urban Interface (WUI), implementing defensible space guidelines, protecting nearby habitable structures and persons against the harmful effects of wildfires, restoring native habitat, and improving the overall ecosystem health of the park through planting of at least 250 locally grown container plants. We will prioritize locally sourced native plants from NET’s youth led native plant nursery and providing jobs skills training for local at-promise youth through the enhancement, restoration and protection of native ecosystems.
Key Project Benefits:
Fuel modification on 38 acres of parkland to protect surrounding communities
250 locally grown trees and other container plants
Job skills training for youth
NET youth crew removing flammable material from Flat Top, 2021
Area recently cleared of dead wood from invasive tree of heaven (Ailanthus altissima), 2021