Forestry
Forest Advisor Michael Jones promotes a Forestry Program that focuses on efforts to keep oak and conifer forests and the habitat they provide healthy and productive. Through research, education and, advise the program encourages biodiversity and sustainable management of these forest lands.
Forest Research and Outreach Blog
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Wildfire perceptions largely positive after hiking in a burned landscape
Reposted from UC Davis News Post-Fire Surveys at Stebbins Cold Canyon Reserve Describe ‘Awe-Inspiring' Experience Students in a UC Davis fire ecology class walk along a burned ridge top of Stebbins...
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Reforestation in a burning climate
Reposted from the UCANR Green Blog Have you given your favorite tree a hug lately? Perhaps you would rather plant a tree? Well, on March 21, International Forest Day, Californians have a good excuse to do both. In the...
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College of Natural Resources receives $50 million naming gift
Reposted from UCANR News Former dean Gordon Rausser has gifted $50 million to Berkeley's College of Natural Resources, the largest amount ever received by the college. (UC Berkeley photo by Keegan Houser.) The College of Natural...
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California trees are suffering under climate change and invasive pests
Reposted from the UCANR news Trees are facing stress from a variety of pressures in California, including climate change and exotic invasive pests, reported Jeanette Marantos in the Los Angeles Times. “There are lots...
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Humboldt County’s Prescribed Burn Association teaches the value of fire
Reposted from UCANR news On a crisp and clear morning late last year, around 20 volunteer firefighters, landowners and community members gathered on a plot of land outside of the small rural community of Kneeland in Humboldt County. They listened...
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RT @ucanr: How can we promote heterogeneity and resilience to #wildfire when we establish #forests through planting? @lostsierrafrstr is st… Posted 6 days ago
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RT @ucanr: Glenn County land managers are invited to hear about options for prescribed fire on private lands, laws and permits. @lenyaqd wi… Posted 17 days ago
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RT @UCsierraforest: Everything you could want to know about California wood products potential to increase the pace and scale of forest res… Posted 17 days ago
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RT @ucanr: Sudden Oak Death: “Two new dangerous SOD strains are at the doors of our forests,” says Matteo Garbelotto @ESPM_Berkeley. He's t… Posted 17 days ago
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RT @UCsierraforest: "If we’re able to reintroduce fire to the Sierra Nevada, that’s going to improve habitat.” California Bats Thrive in Fo… Posted 17 days ago