A man helps friends recover after the 2007 Witch Fire in San Diego County destroyed their home. Californians agree that new homes should not be built in wildfire-prone areas, according to a new Berkeley IGS Poll. (FEMA Photo by Andrea Booher via Wikimedia Commons)
Written by University of California Cooperative Extension Forestry
- Author: Lorena Anderson
Published on: July 5, 2019
The scope of the tree deaths is evident when viewed as part of...
- Author: Kara Manke
Published on: July 3, 2019
Reposted from UC Berkeley News
Spotted owls, native to the old-growth forests of the West Coast, have already lost much of their former habitat to logging. Without active forest management, the birds now risk losing even more of their remaining habitat to wildfire, a new paper argues. (Photo by Tom Munton)
Spotted owl populations are in decline all along the West...
Tags: Brandon Collins (5), fire management (2), habitat (1), prescribed fire (22), Scott Stephens (21), spotted owls (1)
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- Author: Public Affairs
Published on: June 20, 2019
Tags: building (1), development (3), housing (2), Institute of Governmental Studies (1), Mark DiCamillo (1), UC Berkeley (15), wildfire hazard (2)
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- Author: Pam Kan-Rice
Published on: June 19, 2019
Reprinted from the UCANR food blog
Native Americans suffer from the highest rates of food insecurity, poverty and diet-related disease in the United States. A new study finds that Native American communities could improve their food security with a greater ability to hunt, fish, gather and preserve their own food.
“How food security is framed, and by whom, shapes the interventions or solutions that are proposed,” said Jennifer Sowerwine, UC Cooperative Extension specialist at UC Berkeley, who led the study in partnership with...
Tags: food security (1), Jennifer Sowerwine (1), Karuk (2), Klamath (1), native American (1), Yurok (2)
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