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June 2020
Forestry Institute for Teachers – Plumas County
The Forestry Institute for Teachers is a multi-day residence workshop developed by the Northern California Society of American Foresters, University of California Cooperative Extension, Shasta County Office of Education, The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, and Project Learning Tree. The FIT Program is underwritten by a consortium of public and private sources. Since 1993, over 2,300 teachers have graduated from the program. The goal of FIT is to provide K-12 teachers with knowledge, skills and tools to effectively teach their…
Find out more »Forestry Institute for Teachers: Tuolumne County – Sonora
The Forestry Institute for Teachers is a multi-day residence workshop developed by the Northern California Society of American Foresters, University of California Cooperative Extension, Shasta County Office of Education, The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, and Project Learning Tree. The FIT Program is underwritten by a consortium of public and private sources. Since 1993, over 2,300 teachers have graduated from the program. The goal of FIT is to provide K-12 teachers with knowledge, skills and tools to effectively teach their…
Find out more »July 2020
Forestry Institute for Teachers: Shasta County – Shingletown
Contact: info@forestryinstitute.org Sponsor: Forest Research and Outreach Details: The Forestry Institute for Teachers is a multi-day residence workshop developed by the Northern California Society of American Foresters, University of California Cooperative Extension, Shasta County Office of Education, The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, and Project Learning Tree. The FIT Program is underwritten by a consortium of public and private sources. Since 1993, over 2,300 teachers have graduated from the program. The goal of FIT is to provide K-12 teachers with knowledge, skills…
Find out more »September 2020
An Overview of NAIP Derived Point Clouds for Forest Monitoring
The USDA National Agricultural Imagery Program (NAIP) collects nationwide imagery approximately every two years using airborne pushbroom sensors. Photogrammetric software is used to generate canopy surface models (CSMs) from NAIP imagery, which enables nationwide forest height mapping every two years! The NAIP derived canopy surface data in some ways resemble lidar data products, but they do not contain information from within and below the upper canopy. NAIP-derived canopy surface models are low-cost (less than $0.01 / acre), frequent, and nationwide (conterminous USA), which makes them conducive to broad-scale measurement and monitoring of forest conditions. The VMaRS team from the USFS PNW Research Station has been exploring the potential of NAIP DSMs for the last few years. This presentation addresses sampling efficiency with auxiliary NAIP CSMs, forest yield modeling performance relative to lidar and frame-based imagery (pushbroom and frame-based imagery perform differently), and provides visual comparison with equivalent lidar for multiple states.
Find out more »Welcome to the Pyrocene
Stephen Pyne Facing Fire
Find out more »Forest Stewardship Workshops
This workshop series will help landowners develop plans to improve and protect their forest lands in an ecologically and economically sustainable manner. The workshops will address management objectives and planning, forest restoration, fuels reduction, project development, permitting, and cost-share opportunities. Participants will connect with other landowners and learn how to collect information to develop their own management plans.
Find out more »October 2020
California SAF Fall Meeting
The 2020 fall meeting replaces our usual field-based summer meeting. We will innovate too, by holding a virtual meeting where we will visit three locations across California with time for question and answer sessions. We will also have time for chats with the whole group or in rooms that
will host informal breakout groups. Catch up with colleagues, ask about jobs or recruit new employees, discuss log prices or fires, latest recipes, etc.
Tribal Forestry: The Intersection of Industrial and Indigenous Forest Management
UC Berkeley is hosting a discussion on Tribal Forestry: The Intersection of Industrial and Indigenous Forest Management, Friday, October 16th, 4:30pm - 6:00pm. It is free and open to everyone. Please find the flyer at: Tribal_Forestry_Flyer
Find out more »SAF National Convention
Be a part of history! For the first time in 120 years, the Society of American Foresters National Convention is going 100% virtual for 2020. At a time when foresters crave community and learning, SAF2020 is here to deliver that and so much more.
Find out more »November 2020
Sustainable Management of California’s Fire-Prone Landscapes Workshop Series
The Range Management Advisory Committee, an advisory body to the California Board of Forestry and Fire Protection, CalEPA, the California Natural Resources Agency, and the California Department of Food and Agriculture is partnering with the California Fire Science Consortium to host three virtual workshops in November, 2020. The series will cover an introduction to wildland fuels and fire behavior, a guide on the use of grazing animals to alter fire behavior, and a discussion of current and future community projects to address fire on the landscape.
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