Blog - Forest Research and Outreach

Weekends on a school campus are usually quiet, but some Saturdays are different. This spring, UC ANR hosted two sessions of California Tree School in Butte and Humboldt counties, and all sorts of visitors— forest landowner families, California Conservation Corps members, local wildfire resilience advocates,…

Forest management after wildfire is a challenging process, and for many California landowners, it's an overwhelming one. Over the past several years, UC ANR has led multiple post-fire education efforts to help forest managers decipher the best path forward. From developing online learning tools for…

Author: Kat Kerlin, UC DavisCalifornia has one of the highest rates of wildfire-driven deforestation in the world, and the trend has accelerated over the past three decades, according to a study from the University of California, Davis. The study, published in the journal Frontiers in Forests and Global…

Members of the University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources (UC ANR) Bioeconomy Team recently gathered in Los Angeles County for a two-day meeting and workshop focused on the emerging role of hydrogen and biomass in California’s clean energy transition. The event combined a technical tour and…

Forest Stewardship comes to Contra Costa! Contra Costa Resource Conservation District's Ben Weise has been working with UC ANR's Forest Stewardship team to plan the next Forest Stewardship workshop series for landowners. We spoke with Weise about how the RCD has responded to changes in community needs over…