Landscape of Volcanoes, Forests Offers Unique Research and Outreach Opportunities

Reposted from UC Davis Magazine

Video clip: Making Science Out of Fire at Stebbins Cold Canyon Natural Reserve

When wildfire ripped through two UC Davis natural reserves last summer, scientists conducting research there first took a pained look to see if their months or years of research just went up in flames. Then they did what one would expect from scientists: They began to study the effects.

Wildfires burned a record-busting 10.12 million acres in the U.S. in 2015. Among the first lands ignited that dry, hot...