Blog - Forest Research and Outreach

UC ANR Forest Stewardship Workshop is coming to Sonoma County in partnership with the Sonoma Resource Conservation District (SRCD)! To learn more about the SRCD's work, we interviewed Community Engagement Specialist Patti Aaron, who has taken both the Forest Stewardship and Post-Fire Forest Resilien...

California's forests and woodlands are always changing, and it takes time for California's regulatory framework to catch up to what's happening. After years of fire suppression, it is now common to see encroaching conifers (e.g.

University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources (UCANR) Forestry Advisor Ryan Tompkins was posthumously awarded the Francis H. Raymond Award by the California Board of Forestry and Fire Protection (Board) on November 6, 2024.

Early one morning this fall, three National Park Service researchers from the Klamath Inventory and Monitoring Network (KLMN) scrambled over minivan-sized boulders on a remote butte in Lassen Volcanic National Park.

California's forests have long been adapted to fire, where the presence of regular, low-severity fires helped maintain forest health. After decades of fire suppression, many private forest landowners are interested in reintroducing fire to their landscape through prescribed burns.