Forest Stewardship Workshops in the North Bay
Forest stewardship workshops in Marin and Sonoma County are designed to give the small property owner the tools and resources needed to cost-effectively manage their forest parcels in an ecologically sound and fire safe manner.
These workshops are generally driven by information needs of local property owners, so no two workshops are ever quite the same, as people in different regions will necessarily be faced with different challenges. The focus of these workshops is to provide a common understanding of the various ecological, management, cost, and safety considerations that owners and managers need to balance when making decisions, and to find common goals for neighboring property owners. If neighbors can both work together toward a common goal and can come up with projects on a sufficiently large scale, it is possible to qualify for state and/or federal assistance.
Oak Woodlands Resources:
The Sonoma County Forest Conservation Working Group is a team with forestry and conservation expertise working together to provide education and resources to forest landowners with the goal of protecting and sustaining healthy forests, woodlands, and watersheds in Sonoma County. Members represent forest landowners, local and regional land trusts, watershed councils, and state and local agencies.
SCFCWG hosts "Brown Bag" lectures periodically, covering a range of forest issues. This lecture series helps promote communication between the county’s urban center and its forested periphery. Past topics have included the carbon cycle, carbon sequestration, and monetizing carbon credits; oak ecology and history in Sonoma County; Sonoma County fire history and ecology; climate change and its potential impacts to the county; biomass utilization; and Forest Practice regulations.