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Manic suppression: Now is our chance to reform wildfire management
  • Author: Kat Kerlin
Published on: September 18, 2015

Reposted from UC Davis News

With nearly 9 million acres burned this year across the nation, 2015 is shaping up to be one of the most destructive wildfire seasons yet in a decade strung with devastating fire seasons. And with drought and climate change, wildfires are only predicted to get worse.

At a time when forest fires are predicted to grow throughout the West, national forest managers, policymakers and the public currently have unique opportunities to reform wildfire management. (U.S. Army/photo)

In a commentary published...

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Tags: policy (4), Scott Stephens (21), US Forest Service (1), wildland fire use (2)
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King fire provides learning opportunities
  • Author: Brook Gamble
Published on: April 29, 2015

Reprinted from the UCANR Green Blog 

Over a dozen UC Agriculture and Natural Resources (UC ANR) California Naturalists, fire ecology experts, wildlife biologists, resource managers, educators, and artists met at UC Berkeley's Blodgett Forest Research Station and the adjacent 

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Tags: Blodgett Forest (5), Brook Gamble (1), California Naturalist (7), King fire (2), Scott Stephens (21), Susie Kocher (20)
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UCCE helps span the boundary between fire science and fire management in California
Published on: November 3, 2014

Published on: October 28, 2014 on the UCANR Green Blog

After academics complete fire science research, the results often end up gathering dust on a shelf. UC Cooperative Extension is now playing a significant role in bridging the gap between wildland fire science and wildland managers across the United States.

“It is a classic disconnect,” said Susie Kocher, UC Cooperative Extension advisor in the Central Sierra office. “That's why Cooperative Extension was formed almost 100 years ago. Policymakers could see that research...

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Tags: Scott Stephens (21), Stacey Frederick (1), Susie Kocher (20), wildfire (79), Yana Valacovich (1)
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King Fire Puts UC Forest Research to the Test
Published on: September 19, 2014

By Ann Brody Guy, College of Natural Resources

A key University of California, Berkeley, research station is threatened by the King Fire in El Dorado County. Blodgett Research Forest, 4,270 acres located 10 miles east of Georgetown, is home to scores of UC Berkeley investigations on trees and other plants, fish and wildlife populations, insects, diseases, soils, atmospheric chemistry and wildfire management techniques.

Backfiring—controlled burns to contain greater wildfire damage—are expected to begin today (Friday, Sept. 19) on the Blodgett property. The arson-sparked King Fire has...

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Tags: Bill Stewart (4), Blodgett (2), Keith Gilless (4), King fire (2), Scott Stephens (21)
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Lessons for Saving Our Forests
Published on: September 18, 2014

From the UC Berkeley News Center

September 11, 2014

Scott Stephens, in his Mulford Hall office, with a cross-section of a fire-scarred tree that...

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Tags: forest restoration (3), Rim Fire (1), Scott Stephens (21)
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