Shasta Forests Blog

We’re excited to share that Reforestation Practices for Conifers in California — the long-awaited reforestation manual — is now available online! This comprehensive guide, developed by expert authors with decades of field experience planting over 100 million conifer seedlings across California, brings the…

The Shasta Forestry Institute for Teachers (FIT) is now accepting applications for its 2026 summer session, taking place July 19–25 at Camp Cumber in Shingletown, California.FIT offers an immersive, week-long, in-forest professional learning experience designed for both formal and nonformal educators across…

We’re excited to share that Camila Quintana Del Carpio joined our team in September as the new Forest Advisor serving Shasta, Siskiyou, and Trinity Counties.Camila is a Registered Professional Forester (RPF #3192) and licensed Pest Control Advisor (PCA) with seven years of hands-on experience in California…

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.

On August 3rd, 2021, the Antelope Fire reached the Goosenest Adaptive Management Area (GAMA) on the Klamath National Forest in Siskiyou County. For six days, the fire burned through the predominately ponderosa pine and white fir forest, exhibiting mild, moderate, and extreme fire behavior.