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UCANR: Protecting California's natural resources
Berkeley joins Giant Sequoia Lands Coalition
  • Author: UC Berkeley College of Natural Resources
Published on: July 22, 2021

Reposted from the UC Berkeley College of Natural Resources News

As fire once again sweeps through the American West, an interagency report formally released today estimates that 7,500 to 10,600 large giant sequoias were killed in last year's Castle Fire. This represents 10-14% of large sequoias in the world. Today, the agencies united by stewardship of giant sequoias are officially coming together in partnership, under the new Giant Sequoia Lands Coalition, to...

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Public Value: UCANR: Protecting California's natural resources
Tags: Bill Stewart (4), giant sequoia (5), tree mortality (11), wildfire (79)
Focus Area Tags: Environment
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New UC Book offers insight into how landowners can reforest lands ravaged by wildfires
  • Author: Bill Stewart
Published on: October 13, 2020

 The University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources (UCANR) publications office today announced the release of a new book, “Reforestation Practices for Conifers in California”, a practical manual for landowners and managers that explains the why, where, who, when, what, and how of getting sustainable forests back into California's diverse...

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Tags: best practices (1), Bill Stewart (4), California (9), manual (1), Reforestation (6)
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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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20 years of concerted public safety oriented forestry
Published on: October 14, 2013

By Bill Stewart, Co-Director, UC Center for Forestry, originally published at http://www.calforests.org/what-twenty-years-of-concerted-public-safety-oriented-forestry-looks-like/ on September 13, 2013

  The 2013 Rim Fire that burned across large areas of the Stanislaus National Forest and Yosemite National Park brought national attention to the issue of how to increase the resiliency of forests to survive wildfires.  There is considerable well-documented evidence that fuels are no longer limiting fires in the Western US and that they are getting larger and more expensive to...

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Tags: Bill Stewart (4), Blodgett (2), fire hazard (1), fuels reduction (4)
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