California Forests and Greenhouse Gas Reduction Webinar Series
CAL FIRE is granting funds from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF) for forestry projects that will reduce or avoid GHG emissions. A total of $42 million has been allocated for the following project types:
- Forest health improvement
- Reduce wildfire vegetation (fuel) hazards
- Increase carbon sequestration in conifer forests and implement research projects on Demonstration State Forests
- Reforest degraded lands
- Establish and improve urban and community forests
- Conserve forestland by avoiding conversion to other uses
- Develop programmatic timberland environmental impact reports
- Utilize forest biomass
The goal for all projects is to ensure California’s forests continue to be significant carbon storage ”sinks” and to reduce or avoid GHG emissions due to pest damage, wildfires, and loss of forest tree cover from development to non-forest uses. Project applicants must demonstrate reduction of greenhouse gases as a result of implementing the proposed project.
Greenhouse gas reduction and carbon sequestration are new concepts in forestry. As such there are many questions and opportunity for education.
The Northern California Society of American Foresters and the University of California Cooperative Extension, in close collaboration with Cal Fire,will be hosting a webinar series on Forestry and Greenhouse Gas Reduction.
Topics to be addressed include:
- Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund Program overview,
- State of the science and political discourse,
- Methods to calculate greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction and carbon sequestration benefits for forest management projects.Experts will discuss GHG estimation procedures for reforestation, fuels reduction projects, and other project types. The webinar will cover data requirements, analytical/modeling options, and monitoring with examples.
Program
11am - 1pm
April 3
Greenhouse Gas Program Overview
Dr. Helge Eng, CAL FIRE
PowerPoint Presentation- Greenhouse Gas Grants
YouTube Video
Reforestation
Richard Harris, UC Cooperative Extension
Specialist- retired; with Joe Sherlock, USDA Forest Service
PowerPoint Presentation - Introduction
PowerPoint Presentation - Reforestation Reductions
YouTube Video
Fuel Treatments
Tadashi Moody, Spatial Informatics Group
PowerPoint Presentation - Greenhouse Gas Emissions for Fuel Treatment
YouTube Video
April 10
Conservation Easements for Improved Forest Management or
Preservation
Dr. Charles Kerchner, Spatial Informatics Group
PowerPoint Presentation
YouTube Video
Greenhouse Gas Benefits in Oak Woodlands,
Dr. Tom Scott, UC Cooperative
Extension, UC Riverside
PowerPoint Presentation
YouTube Video
April 13 (12-1pm)
Carbon calculator tracks the climate benefits of managed private forests
Dr. William Stewart, UC Cooperative
Extension Forestry Specialist, Co-director, Center for
Forestry & Center for Fire Research and Outreach
Presentation PDF
Presentation Recording
Berkeley Carbon Calculator
April 17- Questions and answers with all past presenters participating
YouTube Video
April 24
Overview of the CA Biomass Power Industry - Past, Present and Future
Tad Mason, TSS Consultant
PowerPoint Presentation
YouTube Video
Greenhouse Gas Benefits from the Utilization of Forest Waste for Energy for
Biochar
Bruce Springsteen, Placer County Air Pollution Control
PowerPoint Presentation
YouTube Video
Forest Biomass Supply Assessment - Key Factors to Consider
Tad Mason, TSS Consultant
PowerPoint Presentation
YouTube Video
May 7
Carbon and California Forests: Forest Inventory and Analysis Result
Richard Harris, UC Cooperative Extension Specialist
PowerPoint Presentation
YouTube Video
Overview of Registry Process, CA Cap and Trade Program and California Carbon
Market
Arjun Patney, Policy Director, American Carbon Registry
PowerPoint Presentation
YouTube Video
Overview of Current Forestry Projects, Requirements, Opportunities and
Constraints
Jessica Orrego, Director of Forestry, American Carbon Registry
PowerPoint Presentation
YouTube Video
May 15
Forest Carbon Dynamics in Frequent Fire Forests
Malcom North, Research Forest Ecologist, USDA Forest Service and UC Davis
Joe Sherlock, Region 5 Silviculturalist, USDA Forest Service
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This Forest Stewardship Education Webinar is supported by a grant from the USDA Forest Service, Region 5 State & Private Forestry
Register for the series here
Webinar Flyer (here)
For further information contact Dr. Richard Harris at rrharrisconsulting@gmail.com or (707) 685-5508.