As smoke from the Caldor Fire dulls the normally clear skies over Lake Tahoe, UC Berkeley scientists published the first study that examines how well Californians are able to keep the air in their homes safe during wildfire smoke events. (AP photo by Rich...
Written by University of California Cooperative Extension Forestry
- Author: Grace Dean
Published on: November 30, 2023
Left to right: Fire Network Director Lenya Quinn-Davidson, tour participant, and UC Berkeley Professor Scott Stephens. Credit: G.Dean
As California grapples with decades of severe wildfires, the newly established UC ANR Fire Network plays an integral role in providing and advancing science-based solutions and delivering useful tools throughout the state. Recently, the Fire Network hosted an immersive field tour for California legislative staff in collaboration with Berkeley Forests to demonstrate their work in ongoing fire and forestry research.
“We have such a rich network of fire experts and thought leaders within UC ANR,” notes
Tags: Berkeley Forests (0), Blodgett Research Forest (0), Fire (0), fire network (0), fire resilience (0), forestry (0), UC Berkeley (0)
Focus Area Tags: Environment
Comments: 0
- Author: Grace Dean
Published on: September 13, 2023
UC ANR’s Susie Kocher and Katie Reidy leads Tuesday’s ‘forestry skills’ section. Here, students learn how to use a California tree stick. Photo credit: Karina Bencomo.
The window of summer is closed, and that ‘back to school' feeling everyone knows has settled in- the excitement, the nerves, the first 7AM breakfast you've had in the last few months. However, the magic of summer lingers, and is a bit more difficult to express in words alone. Rachelle Hedges, Project and Policy Analyst for Berkeley Forests, knows that magic all too well. She sees it every year on the faces of students who come to UC Berkeley's Forestry Field Camp and its new little sibling, Forestry Mini-Camp. Both summer camps take place at 100-year old Plumas National Forest site. Hedges sets the scene: “It's incredibly peaceful: no...
Public Value:
UCANR: Promoting healthy people and communities
Tags: Berkeley Forests (4), college (1), community college (1), Forestry (8), forestry skills (1), UC Berkeley (15)
Focus Area Tags: Environment
Comments: 0
- Author: Kara Manke
Published on: September 1, 2021
Public Value:
UCANR: Promoting healthy people and communities
Tags: Air Now (1), air quality (1), Allen Goldstein (2), filtration (1), indoor air quality (1), Purple Air (1), UC Berkeley (15), wildfire smoke (1), Yutong Liang (1)
Focus Area Tags: Environment
Comments: 0
- Author: Kara Manke
Published on: March 4, 2020
Reposted from UCANR News
Former dean Gordon Rausser has gifted $50 million to Berkeley's College of Natural Resources, the largest amount ever received by the college. (UC Berkeley photo by Keegan Houser.)
The College of Natural Resources at the University of California, Berkeley, has been renamed the Rausser College of Natural Resources in honor of a landmark $50 million gift by Gordon Rausser, former dean of the college and the Robert Gordon Sproul Distinguished Professor Emeritus of agricultural and resource economics at UC Berkeley.
The gift, the largest donation ever...
Tags: Gordon Rausser; College of Natural Resources (1), UC Berkeley (15)
Comments: 0
- Author: Kara Manke
Published on: September 23, 2019
Reposted from the UC Berkeley News
Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. closes the Global Climate Action Summit in Sept. 2018. (Photo courtesy the Office of Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr.)
As the dangers of climate change grow and global political tensions rise, the University of California, Berkeley, in partnership with former California Governor Edmund G....
Viewing 1-5 of 16
Subscribe
Recent Posts
Recent Comments
Archives
Tags
Links
Feeds
My Stuff
