The 2003 Canoe Fire burned through nearly 10,000 acres of old-growth redwood forest in Humboldt Redwoods State Park, making it one of the largest fires to affect these iconic forests in recent history. While the fire had mostly low severity effects, some areas burned at moderate and high severity. Now, after 20 years of regrowth, some of the beneficial effects have dwindled, while overs have been maintained through prescribed fire and other management activities. Join the park managers and researchers that were involved in the suppression, management and monitoring efforts for a discussion about the Canoe Fire’s lasting effects, and the past and future of fire use in redwood forests. *Tour sites may require up to 1mi of hiking on uneven single track trails*

This tour will explore the extensive and diverse fire histories of old-growth redwood forests. We’ll tour groves that have burned under various fire return intervals and burn severities over the last few centuries, and discuss the implications for forest management and ecology in the context of cultural fire, forest ecology, and nearby fire history research. Participants will also learn to tune their eyes to the widespread evidence of fire in these ancient forests. *The final tour site will require up to .5mi of hiking on uneven single track trails.*  

This trip has been postponned due to weather!

Description: The ACCG Monitoring workgroup and the SOFAR Landscape Design Team will host a one day field tour that will highlight ongoing restoration planning efforts in the Caldor Fire building upon an earlier field tour which highlighted ongoing monitoring and research in the Power Fire. We hope this field tour will provide on-the-ground examples and the opportunity to discuss past and future management plans for wildfire recovery in mixed-conifer forests and riparian areas.

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Please join us for a workshop to discuss recent and ongoing results and analyses of Sierra Nevada tree mortality. The desired outcomes of the workshop are to: • Share latest results on live and dead trees, tree fall rates, fuels, regeneration, and post-mortality management • Discuss frameworks for incorporating data into forest management planning and identify management challenges and opportunities: What now? • Please visit for more info: http://ucanr.edu/treemortalitynetwork

California is facing unprecedented wildfires how can we respond? In today’s fire regime, we need a diverse toolbox to respond effectively and sustainably manage the land to prevent catastrophic wildfires. The California Range Management Advisory Committee, an advisory body to the California Natural Resources Agency under the Board of Forestry and Fire Protection, is co hosting a workshop with the University of California, Agriculture and Natural Resources Program to discuss the use of prescribed livestock grazing as a sustainable fuel reduction and environmental management tool.

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The symposium brings together researchers who have been investigating the impacts of the Camp Fire and other urban fires in Northern California.

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This training is designed for private landowners and land managers, and anyone else who is interested in learning more about how to plan and implement prescribed fire on private lands.

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This one day workshop includes presentations and a field trip that will focus on the ecology and management of eastern Sierra Nevada forest ecosystems, and related topics.

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Registration is now open for our all day field tour of the Thomas Fire. There’s only 30 spots available, so register soon here >

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Wildland fires have a relationship and purpose within the environment. Some ecosystems are well adapted to fire and actually need it to maintain heth, others are negatively affected and can be devastated by fires. Join us as Professor Scott Abella with the school of Life Sciences at UNLV explores how fire shapes ecosystems and how they have impacted places like Wetlands Park and lands of the West. 
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The seminar will cover Soils and Landscape Evolution of the Mojave-Sonoran Deserts and will feature extensive work of soil ecologist Joe McAuliffe of the Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix. 

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Mountains Restoration Trust (MRT) and Theodore Payne Foundation for Wild Flowers & Native Plants (TPF) are hosting a timely and innovative, self-guided tour to show how native plant landscaping can help protect properties in high-risk fire areas. The tour features three Calabasas homes, each with at least 50% California natives. Docents will be on hand to discuss design and maintenance techniques that minimize danger to the home, including plant selection and home preparation.

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California's leading voices will come together to share information and answer post-fire questions. Learn how to prepare and protect your property in this workshop, hosted by Senator Anthony J. Portantino.  
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Speakers at this half-day conference, organized in collaboration with the California Fire Science Consortium, will give a broad view of wildfire in Southern California, its effects on plants and animals, and on the human communities affected by these events.
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