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University of California Cooperative Extension forestry is dedicated to extending the resources of the University of California to residents and landowners to help them solve natural resources problems. This website contains information, resources, publications, and big ideas about how to steward forest land in California.
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Forest Research and Outreach Blog
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New California Agriculture article highlights effects of prescribed fire on young Sierra Nevada Mixed-Conifers
California's forests have long been adapted to fire, where the presence of regular, low-severity fires helped maintain forest health. After decades of fire suppression, many private forest landowners are interested in reintroducing fire to their...
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More than Fighting Fires: A Conversation with CALFIRE San Luis Obispo Unit Forester Dave Erickson
This July, San Luis Obispo county's first cultural burn since 1850 took place. This reintroduction of indigenous, ‘good fire' to the landscape was led by...