Materials/Resources

Workshop materials

Biomass and Wood Products

Economic Contributions of California's Forestry and Forest Products Sectors This analysis provides an estimate of the direct economic benefits of current forest management activities and related forest-products manufacturing in a wide range of sectors of the California economy.

Firebox and CharBoss: An alternative to open burning of woody biomass

Forestry, Forest Industry, and Forest Products Consumption in California

Wood Products Primary Processing & Biomass Energy Facilities

Woody Biomass Utilization: An online resource, the Woody Biomass Utilization Group at UC Berkeley is a collaborative effort working to advance the understanding and use of wood and woody biomass.

Forest Ecology

Adapting Forests to Climate Change Forest Stewardship Series #25

Fire severity impacts on plant species richness_Research brief

Forest Restoration and Fuels Reduction_Convergent or Divergent_CFSC brief

Healthy Forest_Coastal Redwood and Healthy Forest_Ponderosa Pine : Published by the USDA California Climate Hub, these briefs describe the coastal redwood and Ponderosa pine ecosystems, and what needs to occur to keep their ecosystems healthy and intact.

Impacts of Repeated Prescribed Burns on Fuel and Forest Conditions in the Sierra Nevada_Research Brief

Reforestation Practices for Conifers in California

Regenerating a Forest

Shrubs of the Southern Cascades

Sierra Nevada Vegetation Zones

Snag Retention Information

Tree ID: Detailed information about the following California conifer species:Douglas Fir, Lodgepole pine, Coast Redwood, Ponderosa pine and Giant Sequoia.

What to plant after tree loss

Why Does the Forest Look Like This – Basic Ecology

-- Soils --

Soil Profile

Why is My Forest the Way it Is - Site Quality

Why Is My Forest the Way It Is - Soil Erosion

Forestry Tools

A go-to guide for mastication questions

Avenza Maps Field Guide

Building a Biltmore Stick

Building a clinometer from items you have at home

California Standardized Prescribed Fire Plan DRAFT

Forest Inventory Template

Forest Inventory Tools

Forest Stewardship Series 26 Mapping Forest Features

Hand tools for vegetation management

Homemade basal area tools

Is Mastication Right for Your Site

Prescribed Burning in Young Stands :This synthesis draws recommendations from four studies that are relevant to prescribed burning as a fuels reduction method in young stands. Most studies also looked at potential effects of mastication as a fuels treatment in comparison to prescribed burning.

Rx Fire Go_No_Go Checklist

Tools for Measuring Your Forest

Virtual Cruiser Vest File: Information on mapping, plot sampling, measuring trees, etc.

Hardwood/Oaks

Burned Oaks: Which Ones Will Survive? Provides information on how to assess fire damage to burned oak trees, and provides guidance on determining whether trees should be cut down or saved.

Hardwood Trees of the Southern Cascades

Healthy Forest_Blue Oak Woodland : Published by the USDA California Climate Hub, this brief describes the blue oak woodland ecosystem, and what needs to occur to keep blue oaks healthy and intact.

Living Among The Oaks :Learn how to keep your oak trees healthy so they can benefit generations to come.

Protecting Trees from Sudden Oak Death before Infection

Regenerating Rangeland Oaks in California :Provides information on regenerating rangeland oaks including propagation and planting information.

Infrastructure

Assessing the Conditions of Your Roads

Road Types

Rural Roads: A Construction and Maintenance Guide for California Landowners: Designed to help rural landowners understand how to plan for, improve and maintain rural roads.

Management Planning, Financial Resources and Regulations

Allocation of purchase price worksheet example

Burn permits need to facilitate not prevent good fire in California

CA Cooperative Forest Management Plan Template

CA Cooperative Forest Management Plan Example

Cal Fire 2021 Pocket Guide for Permitting (new)

Cal Fire: Is a harvest document required? video

CFIP quick facts

contact-a-cfip-forest-advisor

Dead Tree Removal & Fuel Reduction ExemptionTable

EQIP and CFIP Matrix for Forest Landowners

EQIP FY20 Forestland Ranking Pool Includes NRCS/EQIP Practice Codes

EQIP: Getting Started

EQIP Quick Facts

Financial Aspects to Owning Forestland Handout

Forest Management Plans for Private Forest Landowners: Why you need one!

Grant Sources Please note that this is an old list. However, many of the funding sources have continued to provide funding for forest management activities. Please visit their websites for current deadlines and new funding opportunities.

My Sierra Woods Overiew MSW will leverage surrounding wood products infrastructure (mills and biomass plants) to help landowners overcome the high cost of fuels reduction by providing them with support to act on their land at little or no cost to them. Available in 9 counties in Northern California:
Shasta, Tehama, Butte, Yuba, Lassen, Plumas, Sierra, Nevada, and Placer.

Natural Resource Professionals Initial Site Visit Information

NRCS Newsletter- Benefits of Conservation Planning, Landowner Profiles

Prescribed Fire Liability in California 2020

Registered Professional Forester_CFIP List

Return on Investments in Restoration and Fuel Treatments Fact Sheet

Small-Parcel Landowner's Guide to Woodland Management

Tax Tips for Forest Landowners

Who can help? Forest Stewardship Series 24 Professional Assistance

Wildlife/Fish/Invertebrates

How to Manage Vegetation to Encourage or Protect Wildlife

Spatial response of American black bears

Wildlife Among the Oaks: A Management Guide for Landowners: Designed to provide information and assistance as you make management decisions that affect wildlife in oak woodlands.

Wildfire

Consequences of an Endless Summer_Untangling the Link Between Summer Precipitation and Western Wildfires

Is that tree dead? Quantifying fire-killed trees to inform salavge and forest management

Mass Tree Mortality, Fuels and Fire_A Guide for Sierra Nevada Forest Landowners

Recovering from Wildfire: A Guide for California's Forest Landowners

Snag longevity in relation to wildfire salvage logging