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  • UC ANR Forestry Advisor Mike Jones leads a field day group of Forest Stewardship Workshop participants in Sonoma County. Sonoma County has an oak woodland ecosystem similar to that found in Solano and Sacramento counties. Photo by Kim Ingram
    Workshops for forest landowners come to Solano, Sacramento counties, beginning July 18

    Jun 13, 2023

    • Environment
    • Natural Resources
    • Yard & Garden
  • The new statewide fire coordinator, Katie Low, helps with a prescribed fire at Blodgett Forest Research Station during her studies at UC Berkeley. Photo courtesy Katie Low
    New advisors share crucial wildfire expertise

    Sep 22, 2022

    • Environment
    • Natural Resources
  • A new suggests that low-density stands that largely eliminate tree competition are key to creating forests resilient to stressors such as severe wildfire, drought and bark beetles. Photo by Elena Zhukova
    Just what is a ‘resilient’ forest, anyway?

    Jan 19, 2022

    • Environment
    • Natural Resources
  • Researcher Julia Michaels standing in a field of frying pans, an uplands plant endemic to California. Photo courtesy of Julia Michaels
    Once perceived as a problem, conservation grazing by cattle a boon to vernal pools

    Dec 13, 2021

    • Agriculture
    • Environment
    • Natural Resources
  • Leaving sufficient dry matter on rangeland prevents soil erosion and creates a conducive environment for diverse plant communities to thrive.
    Low residual dry matter on rangeland a concern heading into wet season

    Oct 2, 2015

  • A hike to the Hollywood sign lends a far-off view of downtown beyond Griffith Park.
    Even without rain, the California Naturalist Program blooms in Southern California

    Sep 2, 2015

  • Rubicon River, El Dorado National Forest
    King Fire provides learning opportunities

    Apr 29, 2015

  • Mike De Lasaux shows FIT participants the tree rings in a core sample.
    Teachers invited to learn about natural resources in the forest

    Mar 4, 2015

  • Fire consumes a once-healthy California redwood tree. (photo: USFS)
    Coast redwoods increasingly susceptible to fire damage

    Sep 4, 2013

  • Tree cookies, horizontal slices from a tree trunk, are another tool used to estimate the total number of fire events in an area and how often a fire occurred in a tree’s life, as well as how the tree recovered from the fires. (Photo: Kim Ingram)
    Fire ecology - a ‘hot’ career to attract students to science

    Apr 15, 2013

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    Poisons on public lands put wildlife at risk

    Jul 25, 2012

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    Reducing roadkill on freeways

    Dec 7, 2011

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