California

You are invited to the next webinar in our California Vegetation Treatment Program training series, CalVTP in Practice: Sequoia Lake Case Study on Wednesday, June 29th 10am-12noon. Forester Jerrold Sharp and environmental scientist Nicolas Meyer will discuss the preparation of one of the early Project Specific Analyses approved under the California Vegetation Treatment Program EIR. Topics of… Read More Webinar – CalVTP in Practice: Sequoia Lake Case Study

Cal Poly’s Fuels Management Training Program invites you to the Introduction to Utility Wildfire Risk Mitigation webinar on Thursday, July 14th from 10 am until 11:30 am. Wildfire ignitions in utility corridors pose an ever-increasing risk as we approach peak fire season. How to safely manage this risk while continuing to keep the lights on?… Read More Webinar – Introduction to Utility Wildfire Risk Mitigation

Want to learn about the safety and efficacy of prescribed fire in the Soquel Demonstration State Forest? Join this webinar on October 25 from 6 - 7:30 p.m. to learn about prescribed burn programs in your local CAL FIRE Demonstration Forest, which is implementing a burn plan for forest health and community safety. The team responsible… Read More Prescribed Burn in Soquel Demonstration State Forest: How good fire can improve forest health and community safety

Want to learn about how the California Vegetation Treatment Programmatic EIR (CalVTP) can help California increase the pace and scale of vegetation management and fuels treatments? Join this webinar on Thursday, November 3, 2022 10:00am - 12:00pm to learn from an example project, the Lompoc Valley Fuels Reduction Project-Purisima Ridge Fuel Break. The team responsible for… Read More CalVTP in Practice: Lompoc Valley Fuels Reduction Project – Purisima Ridge Fuel Break

Due date extended to Saturday, October 15th: submit your burning CalVTP questions! Link to Webinar Registration In this interactive webinar, a panel of three forestry and fuels management specialists will answer pre-identified California Vegetation Treatment Program (CalVTP) questions. You are invited to submit your questions via the solicitation form (link below) through Saturday, October 15th… Read More CalVTP Question and Answer Workshop

Upcoming Fuels and Vegetation Education Webinar Want to learn from a very successful vegetation and fuels management project in California’s coastal zone? Join the Fuels and Vegetation Education team for a webinar exploring the planning and permitting pathways of a highly successful project. Experts Steve Auten and Andy Johnson will present about their experiences with… Read More CalVTP & PWP in Practice: Covell Ranch Forest Health Fuels Reduction

In collaboration with the Range Management Advisory Committee (RMAC) and Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, CAL FIRE and UC Cooperative Extension will present a webinar on navigating the Wildfire Prevention (WP) Grants Program, with an emphasis on prescribed herbivory projects. CAL FIRE’s WP Grants Program provides funding for wildfire prevention projects and activities in and… Read More Webinar – Wildfire Prevention Grants for Prescribed Grazing

Want to learn more about the processes related to attaining National Wildfire Coordinating Group (NWCG) Qualifications and the role those qualifications play in fire management? Join the Fuels and Vegetation Education team for a webinar exploring the National Wildfire Coordinating Group (NWCG) Qualifications system and the California Prescribed Fire Burn Boss Program. Expert Sam Commarto… Read More Develop Your Personal Fire Qualification Plan for Prescribed Burning: Understanding NWCG Qualifications and the California Rx Fire Burn Boss Program

Registration is FULL, but you can sign up for the waitlist in case someone cancels. Click here for the waitlist This is an opportunity to learn about targeted grazing as part of a vegetation management and fuels reduction strategy. Want to learn more about how to increase the use of targeted grazing? Join this field workshop… Read More Targeted Grazing for Fuel Reduction: Case Studies from East Bay Regional Park District

Link to Webinar Registration Opportunity to learn about ecological stewardship and intentional fire. Want to learn more about how to increase the use of intentional fire? Join this webinar on Friday, March 24th from 4:00pm - 6:00pm to learn from team members of the California Indian Basketweavers Association (CIBA) and the founders of Torchbearr. Participants will improve their understanding… Read More Fire Friday: Discussion about burning issues