- Author: Grace Dean
Published on: July 3, 2023
![Tracy Katelman, pictured here, has been involved in natural resource education for over two decades. She currently serves on the Steering Committee for the UC ANR Forest Stewardship Education Initiative. Photo credit: Tracy Katelman.](https://ucanr.edu/blogs/forestrymgmt/blogfiles/100412small.jpg)
Tracy Katelman, pictured here, has been involved in natural resource education for over two decades. She currently serves on the Steering Committee for the UC ANR Forest Stewardship Education Initiative. Photo credit: Tracy Katelman.
For Yolo County's Tracy Katelman, being a self-proclaimed “treehugger” was a part of her identity. A forester though? “I wasn't planning on getting my forester's license,” she told me. “When I helped start the Institute for Sustainable Forestry in Humboldt County in 1991, we were exploring how to empower small forestland owners to restore their cut-over forests. After receiving a CAL FIRE grant, I learned I had to be a Registered Professional Forester (RPF) to legally talk to people about how to manage their forestlands.” That began a long career in natural resource education, a topic for which Katelman is passionate. She currently serves on...
Tags: Forest management (18), forest stewardship (19), prescribed fire (22), Sacramento County (1), Solano County (1), targeted grazing (3), Yolo County (1)
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