Webinar: Balancing Fuel Treatment with Wildlife & Sensitive Plant Considerations
The Northern California Society of American Foresters and University of California Cooperative Extension in collaboration with their partners are offering a webinar on the topic of wildlife and sensitive plant considerations in forest fuel management.
Landowners and agencies implementing treatments to reduce fuel loads in forest stands need to acknowledge and mitigate potential impacts on wildlife and their habitats and on sensitive plant species. The objective of this webinar is to provide participants with basic information on wildlife and sensitive plant habitat requirements and suggestions on how to maintain habitat values while improving forest health and reducing fire hazard. The intended audience for the webinar is natural resource managers, environmental and forest activist groups, residents of forested regions who are affected by fuel management projects and the general public concerned with forest management.
How the Webinar Works
People who wish to view the presentations should register at http://ucanr.org/fuelwildlifeplantwebinarregister. Registrants will be provided with an internet address and at the date and time of each presentation, they will log in to view them. After formal presentations, viewers will be given the opportunity to text questions to presenters for discussion.
Registration
To receive information and the webinar url register at http://ucanr.org/fuelwildlifeplantwebinarregister. The webinar url will be sent via email on August 1st.
Schedule of Presentations (subject to change)
August 4, 2011 2:00-4:00 p.m.
- Prescriptions Balancing Wildlife, Forest Health and Fire Hazard: Richard R. Harris, Ph.D., RPF #1961, Northern California Society of American Foresters, Dixon
- Prevent Forest Fires and Protect Wildlife: Lorna Dobrovolny, California Department of Fish and Game, Rancho Cordova
August 11, 2011 2:00-4:00 p.m.
- Sensitive Plants and Fuel Treatments: Tim Nosal, California Department of Fish and Game, Rancho Cordova
- Incorporating Habitat and Species Best Management Practices into Community Wildfire Protection Plans: Miriam Morrill, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Willows
August 18, 2011 2:00-4:00 p.m.
- Fuel Treatments and Their Effects on Fire Behavior, Wildlife and Other Resources: Carl Skinner, US Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station, Redding
- Trade-offs between Forest Ecosystem Services and Fire Hazard Reduction: David Saah, Spatial Informatics, Inc., Berkeley
August 25, 2011 2:00-4:00 p.m.
- Impacts of Fuel Treatments on Birds and Small Mammals: Ryan Burnett, Point Reyes Bird Observatory, Point Reyes, Station and Doug Kelt, University of California, Davis
- TBD
Updates & Links
August 4th Webinars
| Presenter | Title | Recording Location Time |
| Richard Harris | Prescriptions Balancing Wildlife, Forest Health and Fire Hazard |
Recording (Click Here) |
| Lorna Dobrovolny | Wildlife Considerations in Fuels Treatments | Recording (Click Here) |
August 11 Webinars
| Presenter | Title | Recording Location Time |
| Tim Nosal | Sensitive Plants and Fuel Treatments | Recording (Click Here) |
| Merriam Morrill | Incorporating Habitat and Species Best Management Practices into Community Wildfire Protection Plans |
Recording |
August 18 Webinars
| Presenter | Title | Recording Location Time |
| Carl Skinner | Fuel Treatments and Their Effects on Fire Behavior, Wildlife and other Resources NOTE: Carl's recorded presentation had technical issues. A pdf version that can be displayed concurrent with Carl's presentation is accessible here. |
Recording (Click Here) |
| David Saah | Trade-offs between Ecosystem Services & Fire Hazard Reduction | Recording (Click Here) |
August 25th Webinars
| Presenter | Title | Recording Location Time |
| Ryan Burnett |
Using Birds to Guide and Evaluate Fuels Treatments in the Northern Sierra Nevada |
Recording (Click Here) |
| Wayne Spencer | Landscape-scale Considerations for Assessing Effects of Fires and Fuels Treatments on Wildlife | Recording (Click Here) |
Links
For more information, see the Wildlife Fuels Webinar Flyer, or contact Dr. Richard R. Harris, rrharris2464@sbcglobal.net or at 707 678-3504 for more information.
Partially funded by the Forest Stewardship program of the USDA Forest Service- State & Private Forestry