UCCE Central Sierra Forestry

Bringing research and outreach to forest landowners.

The Central Sierra forestry program seeks to provide the latest research-based information from the University of California to residents, non-profits, and staff of local, state, and federal agencies.

Susie Kocher is the Forestry Advisor for the Central Sierra area. Susie is a Registered Professional Forester with a background in forestry, stream restoration, monitoring and sociology and has worked for Cooperative Extension for 24 years, in South Lake Tahoe since September 2006. On-going projects:

• Conducting forest stewardship workshops throughout California to help landowners develop plans and management their forests
• Increasing the capacity of private landowners to carry out prescribed fire in the Sierra
• Conducting reforestation workshops for landowners affected by wildfire and tree mortality
• Training Master Gardeners to answer questions on tree mortality from the public
• Coordinating input to the tree mortality data collection network
• Collaboration with the California Fire Science Consortium
• Maintenance of the University of California Forest Research and Outreach website

Past projects:

• 2010 - 2013 Collaborating with the University of Nevada Cooperative Extension Living with Fire program to organize the Lake Tahoe Basin Wildfire Awareness Week and wildfire summit
• 2007 - 2015 Monitoring of the recovery of the Angora fire area in collaboration with the California Tahoe Conservancy
• 2008 - 2015 Coordinating public involvement in the Sierra Nevada Adaptive Management Project
• 2009 - Developing Voluntary Revegetation Guidelines for Private Parcels in the Angora burn area with a group of affected homeowners
• 2007 Conducting a Needs Assessment to identify extension and outreach needs

Forestry events/workshops:

• Check this page for a list of past forestry workshops/events.
• Check this page for upcoming events

Forestry publications:

• Check this page for forestry publications.

Ideas for collaboration or educational programming are welcome. Please contact:

Susie Kocher, University of California Cooperative Extension-Central Sierra, 1061 3rd Street, South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150, Phone: 530-542-2571, E-mail: sdkocher@ucanr.edu

California Family Forest
Sharing the vision and passion of California forest landowners

UC ANR Publications

Forest Stewardship Series 25
Adapting Forests to Climate Change

Recovering from Wildfire: A Guide for California's Forest Landowners

Forest Health

In 2015/16, many trees began dying throughout the central Sierra Nevada. This link connects to a webpage with information, publications and resources for dealing with tree mortality in the central Sierra.

Forest health and tree mortality web page