News & Updates

Wildfire Resilient Landscapes is honored to announce that we have been awarded a $500 seed grant from The Pollination Project (TPP) in support of our Urban Tree Renewal for Resilience (UTRR) initiative.

This award marks an important milestone for WRL. As our region faces increasing heat, drought, and wildfire risk, many Los Angeles communities are experiencing rapid loss of urban trees—particularly in low-canopy neighborhoods already burdened by climate and environmental inequities.

The UTRR project aims to address this gap by developing a replicable, publicly accessible model for:

• Replacing dead or removed street trees with native, fire-adapted species
• Restoring cooling shade and canopy cover
• Strengthening local biodiversity
• Supporting neighborhood resilience in wildfire-vulnerable areas
   

This seed grant allows WRL to take a meaningful first step in planning, mapping, and designing our pilot implementation. It represents not only crucial support but a powerful validation of the importance of community-rooted climate resilience work.

We extend our sincere gratitude to The Pollination Project for believing in this vision and for uplifting grassroots environmental projects across the world. WRL is proud to join the TPP community, and we look forward to sharing our progress as the UTRR project grows.

Together, we are planting resilience—one tree, one street, one community at a time.

— Deborah Hanson
Founder, Wildfire Resilient Landscapes