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- Author: Brian Bell
Reposted from the UC Irvine News
UCI environmental engineers analyzed a century's worth of the Golden State's blazes
- Author: Dan Macon
Late last month, we held a Prescribed Fire on Working Landscapes workshop near Colfax, culminating in a small broadcast burn on the Edwards Family Tree Farm. As we prepared to ignite the burn, our instructor emphasized that the dry winter and early spring had resulted in fire conditions that were more like early June than late March. Last night, after I finished working in the office, I decided to try to burn some brush at our home place near Auburn....
- Author: Pam Kan-Rice
Reposted from the UC ANR news
UC Thelma Hansen Fund to host climate webinar series, April 27-29
Members of the public are invited to attend a free webinar series discussing the effects of climate change on Southern California. At the three-day webinar Climate Change: What Does It Mean for Southern California?, UCLA climate scientist Daniel Swain and UC Agriculture and Natural Resources scientists will...
- Author: Kara Manke
Reposted from UC Berkeley news
For survivors of mega-wildfires that burn entire neighborhoods, and those living in surrounding communities, property damage and smoke...
- Author: Pam Kan-Rice
Reposted from UC ANR News
Coyote conflicts with Californians are on the rise, with reports of urban coyotes biting people and killing pets. In July, two people were bitten by a coyote in separate attacks on a trail in Mission Viejo. Recently one elusive coyote has been linked by DNA tests to biting attacks on two children and three adults in the East Bay Area. To better understand...