Our Team
The UCANR Fire Network is a collection of Fire and Natural Resource Advisors, Specialists, and staff committed to deliver fire-related research, outreach, and support for communities across California. Feel free to contact us with your fire-related questions!
If you have questions about current fire activity or if you feel that your are at risk from fire, contact your local authorities for more information and updates.
Fire Network Director and Coordinator
Lenya N Quinn-Davidson
Title: Fire Network Director
Specialty: Fire Ecology and Management
County: Humboldt County Office
Address:
5630 South Broadway
Eureka, CA, CA 95503
Phone: 707-445-7351
Email: lquinndavidson@ucanr.edu
Title: Fire Network Director
Specialty: Fire Ecology and Management
County: Humboldt County Office
Address:
5630 South Broadway
Eureka, CA, CA 95503
Phone: 707-445-7351
Email: lquinndavidson@ucanr.edu
Katie Low
Title: Statewide Coordinator - UC ANR Fire Network
Specialty: Fire ecology, Forest ecology, Forest management, Fuel reduction treatments
Unit: Placer-Nevada Counties
Address:
11477 E Ave
Auburn, CA 95603
Phone: 530-889-7385
Email: katlow@ucanr.edu
Title: Statewide Coordinator - UC ANR Fire Network
Specialty: Fire ecology, Forest ecology, Forest management, Fuel reduction treatments
Unit: Placer-Nevada Counties
Address:
11477 E Ave
Auburn, CA 95603
Phone: 530-889-7385
Email: katlow@ucanr.edu
Fire Advisors and Specialists
Luca Carmignani Ph.D.
Title: Fire Advisor
Specialty: Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) fire behavior. Home hardening and defensible space.
Unit: South Coast Research & Extension Center
Address:
7601 Irvine Boulevard
Irvine, CA 92618
Phone: (949) 237-2956
Email: carmignani@ucanr.edu
Title: Fire Advisor
Specialty: Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) fire behavior. Home hardening and defensible space.
Unit: South Coast Research & Extension Center
Address:
7601 Irvine Boulevard
Irvine, CA 92618
Phone: (949) 237-2956
Email: carmignani@ucanr.edu
Alison Deak
Title: Fire Advisor
County: Mariposa County
Address:
Mariposa County
5009 Fairgrounds Road
Mariposa, CA 95338-9435
Phone: 209-966-2417
Email: aldeak@ucanr.edu
Title: Fire Advisor
County: Mariposa County
Address:
Mariposa County
5009 Fairgrounds Road
Mariposa, CA 95338-9435
Phone: 209-966-2417
Email: aldeak@ucanr.edu
Max Alan Moritz Ph.D.
Title: Specialist in Cooperative Extension
Specialty: Fire Ecology and Management; Disturbance Regimes; Spatial Analysis; Fire Policy; Climate Change Adaptation
Unit: UC Santa Barbara - CE Specialist
Notes: Publications via Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=A_0DKxMAAAAJ
Address:
Bren School of Environmental Science & Management
2400 Bren Hall
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-5131
Phone: 805-893-8747
Email: mmoritz@ucanr.edu
Title: Specialist in Cooperative Extension
Specialty: Fire Ecology and Management; Disturbance Regimes; Spatial Analysis; Fire Policy; Climate Change Adaptation
Unit: UC Santa Barbara - CE Specialist
Notes: Publications via Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=A_0DKxMAAAAJ
Address:
Bren School of Environmental Science & Management
2400 Bren Hall
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-5131
Phone: 805-893-8747
Email: mmoritz@ucanr.edu
Tori Norville
Title: Cooperative Extension Fire Advisor
County: Sonoma County
Address:
UC Cooperative Extension
133 Aviation Boulevard
Suite 109
Santa Rosa, CA 95403-2894
Email: trnorville@ucanr.edu
Title: Cooperative Extension Fire Advisor
County: Sonoma County
Address:
UC Cooperative Extension
133 Aviation Boulevard
Suite 109
Santa Rosa, CA 95403-2894
Email: trnorville@ucanr.edu
Barbara Satink Wolfson
Title: Fire Advisor
Specialty: Wildland fire
County: San Benito County
Address:
Cooperative Extension San Benito County
3228 Southside Road
Hollister, CA 95023
Email: bsatink@ucanr.edu
Title: Fire Advisor
Specialty: Wildland fire
County: San Benito County
Address:
Cooperative Extension San Benito County
3228 Southside Road
Hollister, CA 95023
Email: bsatink@ucanr.edu
Kristen Shive
Title: UC Cooperative Extension Specialist
Specialty: Forest and fuels management
Unit: Environmental Science, Policy and Management (ESPM)
Address:
University of California, Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management
130 Mulford Hall, MC 3114
Berkeley, CA 94720-3114
Email: kshive@berkeley.edu
Title: UC Cooperative Extension Specialist
Specialty: Forest and fuels management
Unit: Environmental Science, Policy and Management (ESPM)
Address:
University of California, Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management
130 Mulford Hall, MC 3114
Berkeley, CA 94720-3114
Email: kshive@berkeley.edu
Cleo Aster Woelfle-Hazard
Title: UC Cooperative Extension Fire Advisor
Specialty: community-led research in fire-water relations
County: Humboldt County Office
Address:
5630 South Broadway
Eureka, CA 95503-6998
Email: cwhaz@ucanr.edu
Title: UC Cooperative Extension Fire Advisor
Specialty: community-led research in fire-water relations
County: Humboldt County Office
Address:
5630 South Broadway
Eureka, CA 95503-6998
Email: cwhaz@ucanr.edu
Other Advisors, Specialists, and Staff
Julie A Finzel
Title: Farm Advisor
Specialty: Animal Science and Rangeland Ecology and Management
County: Kern County
Address:
Cooperative Extension Kern County
1031 South Mount Vernon Avenue
Bakersfield, CA 93307
Phone: 661-868-6219
Email: jafinzel@ucanr.edu
Title: Farm Advisor
Specialty: Animal Science and Rangeland Ecology and Management
County: Kern County
Address:
Cooperative Extension Kern County
1031 South Mount Vernon Avenue
Bakersfield, CA 93307
Phone: 661-868-6219
Email: jafinzel@ucanr.edu
J. Keith Gilless
Title: Dean Emeritus & Professor Emeritus of Forest Economics
Specialty: Forest economics and management, regional economics, wildfire protection planning, forestry development
Unit: Environmental Science, Policy and Management (ESPM)
Address:
130 Mulford Hall # 3114
Berkeley, CA 94720-3114
Email: gilless@berkeley.edu
Title: Dean Emeritus & Professor Emeritus of Forest Economics
Specialty: Forest economics and management, regional economics, wildfire protection planning, forestry development
Unit: Environmental Science, Policy and Management (ESPM)
Address:
130 Mulford Hall # 3114
Berkeley, CA 94720-3114
Email: gilless@berkeley.edu
Michael I Jones PhD
Title: Forestry Advisor - Mendocino, Lake and Sonoma Counties
Specialty: Forest Health; Disturbance Ecology; Entomology; Integrated pest management of invasive and endemic forest pests
County: Mendocino County
Address:
UCCE-Mendocino County
890 N. Bush Street
Ukiah, CA 95482
Phone: 707-463-4495
Email: mjones@ucanr.edu
Title: Forestry Advisor - Mendocino, Lake and Sonoma Counties
Specialty: Forest Health; Disturbance Ecology; Entomology; Integrated pest management of invasive and endemic forest pests
County: Mendocino County
Address:
UCCE-Mendocino County
890 N. Bush Street
Ukiah, CA 95482
Phone: 707-463-4495
Email: mjones@ucanr.edu
Susie Kocher
Title: Forestry/ Natural Resources Advisor
Specialty: Forestry, wildfire, prescribed fire, post-fire recovery, adult education, facilitation, public participation
Unit: Central Sierra Cooperative Extension
Address:
1061 3rd Street
South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150
Phone: 530-542-2574
Email: sdkocher@ucanr.edu
Title: Forestry/ Natural Resources Advisor
Specialty: Forestry, wildfire, prescribed fire, post-fire recovery, adult education, facilitation, public participation
Unit: Central Sierra Cooperative Extension
Address:
1061 3rd Street
South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150
Phone: 530-542-2574
Email: sdkocher@ucanr.edu
Daniel K Macon
Title: County Director, Livestock and Natural Resources Advisor
Specialty: Rangeland livestock production, economics, and management
Unit: Placer-Nevada Counties
Address:
11477 E Avenue
Auburn, CA 95603
Phone: 530-889-7385
Email: dmacon@ucanr.edu
Title: County Director, Livestock and Natural Resources Advisor
Specialty: Rangeland livestock production, economics, and management
Unit: Placer-Nevada Counties
Address:
11477 E Avenue
Auburn, CA 95603
Phone: 530-889-7385
Email: dmacon@ucanr.edu
Sophia Porter
Title: Fire-Smart Landscaping Science and Education Specialist
County: Marin County
Address:
Cooperative Extension Marin County
1682 Novato Boulevard
Suite 150-B
Novato, CA 94947
Phone: (415) 473-6498
Email: smporter@ucanr.edu
Title: Fire-Smart Landscaping Science and Education Specialist
County: Marin County
Address:
Cooperative Extension Marin County
1682 Novato Boulevard
Suite 150-B
Novato, CA 94947
Phone: (415) 473-6498
Email: smporter@ucanr.edu
Devii R Rao
Title: San Benito County Director and Area Livestock and Natural Resources Advisor
Specialty: Rangeland Ecology and Management, Rangeland Conservation, Grazing Management, Conservation of Biological Diversity, Watershed Protection and Management.
County: San Benito County
Address:
Cooperative Extension San Benito County
3228 Southside Road
Hollister, CA 95023
Phone: 831-205-3125
Email: drorao@ucanr.edu
Title: San Benito County Director and Area Livestock and Natural Resources Advisor
Specialty: Rangeland Ecology and Management, Rangeland Conservation, Grazing Management, Conservation of Biological Diversity, Watershed Protection and Management.
County: San Benito County
Address:
Cooperative Extension San Benito County
3228 Southside Road
Hollister, CA 95023
Phone: 831-205-3125
Email: drorao@ucanr.edu
Ricky P Satomi
Title: Forestry/Natural Resources Advisor
Specialty: Forest Management, Geographic Information Systems, Biomass
Unit: Sutter-Yuba Counties
Address:
142A Garden Highway
Yuba City, CA 95991-5512
Phone: 530-822-6213
Email: rpsatomi@ucanr.edu
Title: Forestry/Natural Resources Advisor
Specialty: Forest Management, Geographic Information Systems, Biomass
Unit: Sutter-Yuba Counties
Address:
142A Garden Highway
Yuba City, CA 95991-5512
Phone: 530-822-6213
Email: rpsatomi@ucanr.edu
Tracy Schohr
Title: Livestock & Natural Resource Advisor
Specialty: Research and extension in the region focused on irrigated pasture, invasive species, mountain meadows, water quality and business management. Catastrophic fires in her counties have also lead to an evolving program on urban fire implications to natural resources, disaster preparedness and shelter management.
Unit: Plumas Sierra
Address:
208 Fairgrounds Road
Quincy, CA 95671
Phone: (916) 716-2643
Email: tkschohr@ucanr.edu
Title: Livestock & Natural Resource Advisor
Specialty: Research and extension in the region focused on irrigated pasture, invasive species, mountain meadows, water quality and business management. Catastrophic fires in her counties have also lead to an evolving program on urban fire implications to natural resources, disaster preparedness and shelter management.
Unit: Plumas Sierra
Address:
208 Fairgrounds Road
Quincy, CA 95671
Phone: (916) 716-2643
Email: tkschohr@ucanr.edu
Jeffery W. Stackhouse
Title: Livestock and Natural Resource Advisor
County: Humboldt County Office
Address:
5630 South Broadway
Eureka, CA 95503-6998
Phone: 707-445-7351
Email: jwstackhouse@ucanr.edu
Title: Livestock and Natural Resource Advisor
County: Humboldt County Office
Address:
5630 South Broadway
Eureka, CA 95503-6998
Phone: 707-445-7351
Email: jwstackhouse@ucanr.edu
Ryan Emmett Tompkins
Title: UC Cooperative Extension Forest & Natural Resource Advisor
Unit: Plumas Sierra
Address:
208 Fairground Road
Quincy, CA 95971
Phone: (530) 283-6125
Email: retompkins@ucanr.edu
Title: UC Cooperative Extension Forest & Natural Resource Advisor
Unit: Plumas Sierra
Address:
208 Fairground Road
Quincy, CA 95971
Phone: (530) 283-6125
Email: retompkins@ucanr.edu
Yana Valachovic
Title: Forest Advisor and Humboldt - Del Norte County Director
Specialty: Forest management and ecology, oak woodlands, wildfire preparation, home hardening
County: Humboldt County Office
Address:
5630 South Broadway
Eureka, CA 95503-6998
Phone: (707) 445-7351
Email: yvala@ucanr.edu
Title: Forest Advisor and Humboldt - Del Norte County Director
Specialty: Forest management and ecology, oak woodlands, wildfire preparation, home hardening
County: Humboldt County Office
Address:
5630 South Broadway
Eureka, CA 95503-6998
Phone: (707) 445-7351
Email: yvala@ucanr.edu
Dr Robert A York
Title: Assistant Professor of Cooperative Extension / Co-Director, Berkeley Forests / Adjunct Associate Professor of Forestry
Specialty: Silviculture, prescribed fire, forest ecology
Unit: Environmental Science, Policy and Management (ESPM)
Address:
Blodgett Forest Research Station
4501 Blodgett Forest Road
Georgetown, CA 95634
Phone: (530) 333-4475
Email: ryork@berkeley.edu
Title: Assistant Professor of Cooperative Extension / Co-Director, Berkeley Forests / Adjunct Associate Professor of Forestry
Specialty: Silviculture, prescribed fire, forest ecology
Unit: Environmental Science, Policy and Management (ESPM)
Address:
Blodgett Forest Research Station
4501 Blodgett Forest Road
Georgetown, CA 95634
Phone: (530) 333-4475
Email: ryork@berkeley.edu