Forest Research and Outreach

Reposted from UC ANR News As the Beckwourth Complex Fire and Dixie Fire spread in Plumas and Lassen counties, Ryan Tompkins reminded residents of ways they could help limit damage.

Reposted from UC ANR news A team of California and Nevada fire scientists have produced a booklet with step-by-step guidance on retrofitting an existing home to be more resilient to fire.

California's Forest Practice Rules were created in 1973 with the goal of protecting public resources and emphasizing the importance of planning for sustainable resources management.

Reposted from the UC ANR News New certification program will increase opportunities for prescribed fire across California A group of 19 experienced prescribed burners are gathered in Eureka this week to become certified as prescribed fire burn bosses.

Reposted from the UC Irvine News A brush fire in the summer of 2017 consumed large swaths of dried out vegetation on the hillsides of Ventura County, a place that emerged as a hot spot for wildfires over the past two decades, according to a new study by UCI researchers in Nature Scientific Reports.