Forest Research and Outreach

Before you Buy: Living with Wildfire Resources

The resources below are organized first by type (video, webpage, newsletter, etc.), then alphabetically

Blogs from the UC ANR Forest Stewardship team can be found at the bottom of the page.

 

Fact Sheets

Two-page overviews for specific post-fire stewardship concerns. ~10 minute reads.


 

Macon, D., Low, K., Busch, R., Schor, T. 
Dutch, N., Tompkins, R., Kocher, S., York, R. (2023).
Deak, A. (2023).

Forest Stewardship Newsletters

Deep dives into prescribed fire and reforestation. Each edition also includes one Q&A with a professional. ~20 to 30 minute reads.

 

2021
2025

 


Miscellaneous

Webinar presentations, checklists, and more.

UC ANR
Fouts, N. (2025)
Schor, T. (2025)
Kocher, S., Galliano, M. (2025)
Macon, D. 

 

 

Publications

Scientific publications from UC researchers. >30 minute reads.

Nader, G., Nakamura, G., Lasaux, M., Quarles, S., Valachovic, Y. (2007)
Shive, K. & Kocher, S. (2017)
Valachovic, Y., Quarles, S., Swain, S. (2021)

 

 

Videos

 

Forest Stewardship Webinar: Assessing post-fire tree mortality
Prescribed fire: options and myth-busting

 

 

 

 

Utilizing silviculture to prepare for winter prescribed burning
Wildfire preparedness

Blogs

 

 

Forest Research and Outreach Blog: Article

Lessons on wildfire resilience from a 4,000-acre forest lab

February 2, 2022
Reposted from the UC Berkeley News In his years managing California woodlands, Rob York has come up with a few quick and easy ways to gage whether a forest is prepared for wildfire. The first question I like to ask is, Can you run through the forest?' York says.
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Lighting a prescribed fire. Photo courtesy of Susie Kocher, UC ANR
Forest Research and Outreach Blog: Article

Should I burn? Consider a Prescribed Fire Go/No-Go Checklist Before You Begin

February 18, 2022
By Kimberly C Ingram
Private forest landowners in California are increasingly interested in using prescribed fire for vegetation management. When properly done, prescribed fire can be used effectively in many different vegetation types, at different times of the year and under different weather conditions.
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A small ponderosa pine is being measured.
Forest Research and Outreach Blog: Article

Stewarding a beloved Plumas County campsite post-wildfire: a conversation with Sutter Rogers

April 23, 2025
By Grace N Dean
For Sutter Rogers, community and forest stewardship has been the family business since 1965. That’s when her grandparents bought 200-acres of Plumas County forestland, a site that would become Coppercreek Camp. “They built the cabins and the lodge on their own. It was their dream to have a children’s summer…
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