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UCANR: Building climate-resilient communities and ecosystems
Ag Pass program aims to improve wildfire preparedness on rangeland
Published on: July 12, 2021
Black cows stand in and around a watering hole surrounded by bare ground.
Tony Toso's cattle gather at a watering hole after the Detwiler Fire in Mariposa County in 2017. During disasters, ranchers need access to their livestock to ensure they are out of harm's way and have food and water. Photo by Tony Toso

When the Detwiler Fire broke out near his family's ranch in 2017, Tony Toso was home to take defensive action to protect his family and animals. The Mariposa County rancher feels fortunate that he was on site.

“We were on the front end of the fire damage and it started on a Sunday,” recalled Toso. “Had I not been home that day, it would have been very difficult for me to access my property and help keep our livestock safe. Within a matter of hours of the fire starting, the CHP had our county road closed and would not let anyone in.”

Emergency personnel close roads around wildfires for the...

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Public Value: UCANR: Building climate-resilient communities and ecosystems
Tags: cattle (10), Matthew Shapero (2), Max Moritz (7), policy (5), wildfire (70)
Focus Area Tags: Agriculture
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UCANR: Protecting California's natural resources
Shapero protecting California’s natural resources
  • Author: Rose Hayden-Smith, PhD
Published on: February 10, 2020
Shapero demonstrates prescribed burn. Since the Thomas Fire, prescribed fire has become more accepted as a technique to reduce vegetation and lessen the threat of catastrophic wildfire. Photo by by Robert Acquistapace
Shapero demonstrates prescribed burn. Since the Thomas Fire, prescribed fire has become more accepted as a technique to reduce vegetation and lessen the threat of catastrophic wildfire. Photo by by Robert Acquistapace

 

Rose Hayden-Smith, UC Cooperative Extension digital communications in food systems & extension educator, talked with Matthew Shapero about his work protecting California's natural resources. This is the second in a series featuring a few scientists whose work exemplifies UC ANR's public value for California.

Matthew Shapero is originally from California and has worked as an ANR Cooperative Extension livestock and range advisor since September 2017, based in Santa Barbara and  

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Public Value: UCANR: Protecting California's natural resources
Tags: livestock (6), Matthew Shapero (2), public value (3), rangeland (17), wildfire (70)
Focus Area Tags: Agriculture, Environment
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