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Materials/Resources

Forest Stewardship & Forest Ecology Introduction to Forest Stewardship Susan Kocher, UCCE Success in forest improvement projects Fred Euphrat, RPF A Crash Course on Forest Inventory Mike Jones, UCCE Introduction to Mapping Mike Jones, UCCE Forest Management (planning and cost-share programs) Forest...
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Stand of dead trees in King Fire footprint, El Dorado County.
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Post-fire Forest Resilience Education

As seen throughout the last decade, the size, frequency, and severity of wildfires in California has dramatically increased to an unprecedented scale. Consequently, forest landowners are faced with the inevitable challenge of managing for wildfire and addressing its potential impact on their land.
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Burned conifer forest with green understory growth.
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Fact Sheets for Post-Fire Forest Management

This series of fact sheets has been created to provide landowners and land managers with an overview of specific post-fire topics. All fact sheets have been produced and internally reviewed by UC ANR forestry and natural resource advisors. Resources have been organized in these main topics:Post-Fire…
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Forest Landowner Videos

UCCE Forest Research and Management has developed the videos below to aid private forest landowners with creating and implementing a forest management plan.
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Group of people sitting and standing outside participate in a forestry class.
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California Tree School

From finding your way in the woods to planning a prescribed burn, UC ANR's California Tree School is a chance to explore foundational forestry concepts in a community space.
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Riparian Ecology Webinar

Webinar Series on the Ecology and Active Management of Riparian Vegetation in Forested Landscapes Recent regulatory proposals and research suggest that active management of riparian ecosystems can yield benefits to water quality and associated aquatic habitats.
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Collaboration in Natural Resource Management

Collaboration is increasingly being emphasized by land management agencies and stakeholders to address natural resource management issues and implement adaptive management. SNAMP collaborative field trip on the Tahoe National Forest involving multiple agencies and stakeholders.
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Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii)

Needles are yellowish-green, 1-inch-long and arranged in a spiral around the branchlets, like a bottlebrush. Cones are oblong, 2 to 4 inches long with three-pointed bracts and are located primarily in the upper crown. Bark on young trees is thin, smooth, and gray, with numerous resin blisters.
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Lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta)

Lodgepole pine is a species which grows throughout the west, as far north as the Yukon and south to Baja California. It ranges east to the Black Hills of South Dakota and west all the way to the Pacific Ocean.
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