Network Members in the News
Many of our Fire Network members are regularly featured in news articles, podcasts, and other media discussing a variety of topics ranging from prescribed fire, wildfire preparedness, fire insurance, fire workforce development, and more. Updated monthly, we aim to highlight some of the most recent news from our team.
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Director of the UC ANR Fire Network Lenya Quinn-Davidson continues to build on the great success of WTREX, in helping to host the first-ever WTREX event in Mexico! This is now the fourth international country that the program has come to, and the planning for more international events is underway now. |
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See Fire Network and WTREX Director Lenya Quinn-Davidson talk about the growing power and inspiration that is the WTREX program in this great article recently written by FireRescue1. |
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Fire Advisor Barb Satink Wolfson with the UCANR Fire Network, in collaboration with CA State Parks, recently hosted the first-ever Central Coast Good Fire Fair! Read about its success here.
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Following news from the US Forest Service announcing that they will be halting prescribed burning on federal lands in California, Director Lenya Quinn-Davidson tells the hard truth about the situation. |
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Save the Redwoods League’s I’ll Go If You Go podcast interviews emerging environmental leaders from diverse backgrounds, and have chosen to highlight the Fire Network’s Statewide Coordinator, Katie Low, a fire ecologist. |
Catch Up on Other Fire and Natural Resource News from UC!
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Climate scientist Daniel Swain joins UC ANR
Daniel Swain joined University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources on Nov. 1 as a climate scientist in the California Institute for Water Resources. Swain studies the changing character, causes and impacts of extreme weather and...
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UC ANR Forest Stewardship Partners with Sonoma Resource Conservation District: A Conversation with Patti Aaron
UC ANR Forest Stewardship Workshop is coming to Sonoma County in partnership with the Sonoma Resource Conservation District (SRCD)! To learn more about the SRCD's work, we interviewed Community Engagement Specialist Patti Aaron, who has taken both the...
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Deciduous Oak Woodland Restoration Permitting Options
California's forests and woodlands are always changing, and it takes time for California's regulatory framework to catch up to what's happening. After years of fire suppression, it is now common to see encroaching conifers (e.g., Douglas-fir) trees...