- Author: Grace Dean
Published on: July 3, 2023
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)
Focus Area Tags: Environment
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