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  • For predicting fire severity, dead biomass and live tree density were the two most important variables, the study found. Photo by Scott Stephens
    Previous tree mortality and density big factors in the devastating 2020 Creek Fire

    May 23, 2022

    • Environment
    • Natural Resources
  • Rob York says a healthy forest is one that you can run through.
    Lessons on wildfire resilience from a 4,000-acre forest lab

    Feb 1, 2022

    • Environment
  • Towering coastal redwoods frame a Northern California highway. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)
    Forest management can help giant sequoias and coastal redwoods survive

    Jan 7, 2021

    • Natural Resources
  • Lenya Quinn-Davidson.
    North Coast forests are more dense and dry, fueling fires

    Sep 30, 2020

    • Environment
  • A shaded fire break within a dense forest. (Photo: Rob York)
    UC ANR experts suggest ways to ease California's fire crisis

    Sep 14, 2020

    • Natural Resources
  • wildfire
    UCCE experts provide scientific fire information to media

    Aug 28, 2020

    • Natural Resources
  • Peach root-knot nematode-infected almond tree in a two-year-old orchard. Photo by Andreas Westphal
    February 2019 news clips

    Feb 28, 2019

  • Keith Gilless, left, and Maggi Kelly, second from right, discussed wildfire at the Commonwealth Club on Dec. 4.
    December news clips

    Jan 3, 2019

  • The River Fire, part of the Mendocino Complex Fire, burned more than half of the UC Hopland Research and Extension Center in July 2018.
    Californians must adapt their lives to fire

    Sep 19, 2018

    • Environment
  • August 2018 News Clips 8/1-8/15

    Aug 16, 2018

  • PaulVerdegaalfieldhat LodiWineBlog
    Monthly news round up: January 2018

    Jan 31, 2018

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    • Agriculture
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  • “Actions to arrest the decline in forest health will take place far from urban centers,” said Van Butsic, a coauthor of the report.
    Decreasing forest density will reduce fire risk, build climate resilience

    Sep 18, 2017

  • UC researcher Scott Stephens believes that with restoration, California forests will be fine. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)
    It's not too late to make California forests resilient to wildfire

    Aug 16, 2016

  • Smoke is having a significant impact on the air quality around the Soberanes Fire. (Photo: CalFire)
    Rugged terrain a challenge in fighting the Soberanes Wildfire

    Aug 5, 2016

  • The U.S. Forest Service said 60 million trees in the Sierras are dead. (Photo: U.S. Forest Service.)
    Climate change impacting wildfires in California

    Aug 4, 2016

  • UC ANR experts provide perspective on drought in landscapes, orchards and wildfires.
    Media reaches out to UC ANR for drought news

    Jul 22, 2015

  • Fire trees dying from bark beetle infestations.
    Trees dying due to drought are prone to wildfire

    May 18, 2015

  • UC Cooperative Extension is conveying fire science to wildland managers.
    UCCE helps span the boundary between fire science and fire management in California

    Oct 28, 2014

  • A firefighter monitors a backfire while Rim Fire rages in the background. (Photo: U.S. Forest Service)
    The Rim Fire is a treasure trove of information for fire scientists

    Sep 3, 2013

  • Tree cookies, horizontal slices from a tree trunk, are another tool used to estimate the total number of fire events in an area and how often a fire occurred in a tree’s life, as well as how the tree recovered from the fires. (Photo: Kim Ingram)
    Fire ecology - a ‘hot’ career to attract students to science

    Apr 15, 2013

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