Learn about forests in California:
UC ANR's Forestry Research and Outreach website is a place to learn about California's forests, explore programs, and sign up for workshops statewide.
These included Forest Stewardship Workshops for landowners and professionals, considerations for Before You Buy forestland, and post-fire forest resilience education.
- The UC Oaks website discusses oak species identification, issues facing oaks, and considerations for homeowners, planners, and ranchers. Local oaks are listed on the Marin Oak Identification page.
- Other oak woodland resources include:
- UC - Oak Woodland Management Program, Mendocino County resources
- California Oaks, a project of California Wildlife Federation
- UCCE Sonoma - Oak Health
- Find a UC Cooperative Extension forest expert to contact
Forest Stewardship in the North Bay
Forest stewardship workshops are occasionally hosted in Marin and Sonoma County, covering a variety of topics and considerations that small property owners balance when working to manage their forest parcels in an ecologically sound and fire safe manner.
Videos:
- Learn about erosion by viewing the recordings from a past Erosion Prevention, Management and Funding for Forest Landowners Workshop:
Additional resources and past events:
- View the conceptual documents for the San Geronimo Salmonid Enhancement Plan
- MMWD - San Geronimo Salmon (presentation slides)
- Forest Ecology of Upper Lagunitas Creek Watershed (presentation slides)
- Forest and Watershed Health - June 14, 2014 (flyer)
- Stormwater and Invasive Plants - 2012 (webpage)
- Forest & Watershed Health - 2009 (flyer)
- Ecology, History & Threats - 2007 (flyer)
Connect to local networks:
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.