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  • A new suggests that low-density stands that largely eliminate tree competition are key to creating forests resilient to stressors such as severe wildfire, drought and bark beetles. Photo by Elena Zhukova
    Just what is a ‘resilient’ forest, anyway?

    Jan 19, 2022

    • Environment
    • Natural Resources
  • Prescribed burn conducted in the Sierra Nevada during a University of California Cooperative Extension prescribed fire workshop in November 2019. Photo by Susie Kocher.
    Moving beyond America’s war on wildfire: 4 ways to avoid future megafires

    Oct 13, 2021

    • Environment
    • Family
  • Make sure to include pets and livestock in evacuation plans. Ryan Tompkins fills a go bag with dog food for his canine colleague.
    Small steps can help homes survive wildfire

    Jul 15, 2021

    • Environment
  • Don't forget to clean your roofs and gutters of any moss, vegetative debris, or leaf litter. Here the author wishes he did this in May rather than waiting until August with wildfire smoke looming in the background.
    May is Wildfire Preparedness Month!

    May 11, 2021

    • Natural Resources
  • Missy Gable talked with Fast Company about how to grow a vegetable garden.
    ANR in the news April 1-15, 2020

    Apr 30, 2020

  • Eleven years after the 2007 Moonlight Fire.  In the fall and winter, prescribed fire is used to burn piles of dead trees, downed logs and shrubs to reduce fuels in the stand and prepare the site for planting (Photo: R. Torres).
    Reforestation in a burning climate

    Mar 21, 2020

    • Natural Resources
  • To control western tussock moth caterpillars, “use pressure washers to push the larvae off the trees before they start wandering around,” Andrew Sutherland said.
    ANR in the news April 19-30

    Apr 30, 2019

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    Seven academics take new positions with UC ANR during the first three months of 2019

    Apr 17, 2019

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