Forestry
Forest Advisor Michael Jones promotes a Forestry Program for Mendocino, Lake, and Sonoma Counties 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 forestlands.
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Forest Research and Outreach Blog
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New research clarifies impacts of timber harvest on sediment in watersheds
Reposted from the UCANR Green Blog After timber harvest or fuel reduction thinning operations, sediment delivery to nearby streams and waterways can increase, potentially affecting water quality, drinking water supplies, habitat and recreational...
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Survey: How should wildlands in California be managed for climate change mitigation and adaptation?
Reposted from the UCANR News Do you have an opinion on how California wildlands are managed? UC Cooperative Extension specialists Safeeq Khan, Tapan Pathak and Toby O'Geen are conducting a need assessment survey about...
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ACWA honors PCWA and French Meadows Forest Restoration Project team
Reposted from the UCANR News The Association of California Water Agencies has selected the Placer County Water Agency (PCWA) French Meadows Forest Restoration Project for the 2020 Clair A. Hill Agency Award for Excellence. The...
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Important tax tips for forest landowners
“Managing your forest as a business comes with both complexity and tax benefits. Working with a tax professional and a Registered Professional Forester (RPF) who has experience in the various financial aspects of forest ownership is important for...
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A New Threat to California's Oak Trees
The Mediterranean Oak Borer (Xyleborus monographus) is an ambrosia beetle that was found infesting several valley oak trees in Calistoga, (Napa County) California in 2019. The extent of its distribution within Napa County and...
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RT @ucanrwater: “Now we know strategies that limit ground disruption–like suspending logs while transporting instead of dragging them, avoi… Posted 14 hours ago
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RT @ucanr: “This [app] could be very easily used by a city to red-flag older #trees 🌲that need to be taken care of” to prevent #wildfire 🔥… Posted 14 hours ago
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RT @UCsierraforest: Thanks @foresters for keeping foresters across the country networked and learning from each other. Posted 14 hours ago
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RT @UC_Newsroom: A new study shows that trees & rocks are important drivers of the microbial communities in the soil beneath them. A paper… Posted 4 days ago
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RT @UCsierraforest: Excited about this part "The act establishes a “prescribed fire center” in the West to offer training in the use of pre… Posted 9 days ago