Post-Fire Forest Resilience Workshops
Post-Fire Workshop El Dorado
Upcoming workshop series
Summer 2024
El Dorado County: Tuesday evenings 6:00 to 7:30 pm on Zoom July 16 through August 6. With an in-person field trip day Saturday August 3.
Registration now open!
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Targeted Audience:
Private forest landowners within the coastal mountains of El Dorado County and surrounding counties. Ecosystem discussions will highlight mixed conifer systems, grasslands, oaks and redwoods. Landowners, agencies, non-profits, tribes, community members and anyone who wants to learn about post-fire forested, landscapes are welcome!
Workshop Series Goal:
To connect landowners affected by recent wildfires to post-fire management concepts, strategies, professionals, and programs.
Networking, discussions and connecting landowners with others who are experiencing the same post-fire challenges. Learn with your community! Share your experiences, connect landowners to post-fire resources.
Content:
- Vegetation Management
- Increasing forest disturbances
- Safety & hazards to consider, post-fire
- Financial and professional assistance
- Managing re-sprouting vegetation
- On-going forest maintenance
- And more!
Format:
The workshop format will be a hybrid of weekly zoom sessions and in-person field trip days. Participants will learn from regional, local and expert speakers on various topics, with opportunities for discussions and Q/A. To conclude the workshop, participants are invited to attend two, in-person field trip days to see demonstrations of various post-fire management strategies on private and public lands.
A variety of educational resources such as readings, videos, fact sheets and more, will be provided throughout the course. Participants are encouraged to review resources on their own time, to further their understanding of each post-fire topic.
Zoom meetings with all participants and presenters will take place once a week on Tuesdays from 6-7:30pm. The in-person field trips will visit burned landscapes, in El Dorado County visiting the 2021 Caldor Fire, on August 3rd.
Registration for the workshop is $25 which covers workshop materials and lunch on the field trip day. Sign up now at:
http://ucanr.edu/post-fireregistration
Download Flyer: HERE
For More Information:
For questions, contact Katie Reidy, kkreidy@ucanr.edu.