CalVTP Field Training: Healdsburg Open Space/Community Fuels Reduction Project
Registration is FULL, but you can sign up on the waitlist in case someone cancels. Click here for the Link to waitlist Registration closes on March 22nd for this field training. This is an opportunity to learn about how the Healdsburg Open Space and Community Fuels Reduction Project is using the CalVTP to facilitate a vegetation management… Read More CalVTP Field Training: Healdsburg Open Space/Community Fuels Reduction Project
Bay Area Chapter Meeting – Workday at Russell Research Station
Russell Research Station 4927 Happy Valley Road, Lafayette, CaliforniaSimilar to the days we’ve done this in the past, we will meet at Russell Research Station at 9 in the morning where we will hear from the University about what work they would like us to tackle (while enjoying coffee and treats to get up our energy level). Then we will decide who does… Read More Bay Area Chapter Meeting – Workday at Russell Research Station
High Sierra, S. San Joaquin, Bakersfield College, and Reedley College Joint SAF Chapter Meeting
Reedley College 995 North Reed, Reedley, CAReedley College is hosting a joint meeting with High Sierra, Southern San Juaquin and Bakersfield chapters. SPEAKER: Thomas Catchpole - Retired USFS & Returned Peace Corps Volunteer TOPIC: Peace Corps: Cuenca Ecuador, 1970-1976 The US Peace Corps celebrated its 60th anniversary in 2022. To celebrate this event, forester Thomas W. Catchpole has put together an… Read More High Sierra, S. San Joaquin, Bakersfield College, and Reedley College Joint SAF Chapter Meeting
Bay Area Chapter Meeting – Bean Feed With Cal Forestry Club
We will be joining the Forestry Club for a bean feed at UC Berkeley! The Forestry Club is inviting us to share their last bean feed of the current school year. And you know they make great chili, cornbread, and desserts. The event will begin at 5:30 pm. The event will be set up on… Read More Bay Area Chapter Meeting – Bean Feed With Cal Forestry Club
Shaded Fuel Break: Lessons Learned Post Wildfire in the San Vincente Redwoods
Virtual ConferenceWhat to learn more about how four land trusts implement land conservation and fire resiliency? Join a variety of practitioners who come together to manage fuels on private conservation land critically located adjacent to high-fire risk communities in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Susie Petrie, Senior Stewardship Project Manager at Peninsula Open Space Trust, will give… Read More Shaded Fuel Break: Lessons Learned Post Wildfire in the San Vincente Redwoods
Sacramento-Tahoe Chapter Meeting
Colina Del Oro 694 Pleasant Valley Road, Diamond Springs, CA, United StatesGuest Speaker: George "YG" Gentry, Sr. Vice President Regulatory Affairs, California Forest Association RSVP by noon Saturday May 13th to Jon Jue at jonora@sbcglobal.net Cost $25, includes soda/coffee/tea
Fuels Treatments in the Wildland Urban Interface (WUI): Sonoma Land Trust’s Laufenburg Ranch Preserve
Laufenburg Ranch Preserve 17104 Spencer Lane, Calistoga, CA, United StatesRegistration Link This is an opportunity to learn about vegetation management for fire fuel reduction and enhancing ecological health in the wildland-urban interface (WUI). Want to learn more about fuel treatments on the WUI? Join this field workshop on Thursday, May 18th from 10:30am - 2:00pm to learn from team members from Sonoma Land Trust.… Read More Fuels Treatments in the Wildland Urban Interface (WUI): Sonoma Land Trust’s Laufenburg Ranch Preserve
Prescribed herbivory for fuels reduction: grazing planning and permitting in the State of California – Webinar
Virtual ConferenceWebinar Registration Link As the State of California has ramped up investments to increase fuel treatments to manage high fuel loads and reduce wildfire risk, the use of livestock to treat fuels has received increased attention. A variety of funding sources are available to support wildfire prevention projects and activities in and near fire threatened communities… Read More Prescribed herbivory for fuels reduction: grazing planning and permitting in the State of California – Webinar
Fuels Treatments in the Wildland Urban Interface (WUI): Lessons learned at the Occidental Arts and Ecology Center
Occidental Arts and Ecology Cener 15290 Coleman Valley Road, Occidental, CARegistration Link This is an opportunity to learn about vegetation management for fire fuel reduction and enhancing ecological health in the wildland-urban interface (WUI). Want to learn more about fuel treatments on the WUI? Join this field workshop on Saturday, May 20th from 9:00am- 3:30pm to learn from experts in restoration ecology about how to integrate… Read More Fuels Treatments in the Wildland Urban Interface (WUI): Lessons learned at the Occidental Arts and Ecology Center
2023 FOREST GIS WORKSHOP
Sierra College 5100 Sierra College Blvd., Rocklin, CAForesters, students and natural resource professionals are invited to join a two-day refresher course on GIS tools. This two day workshop offers guided training about managing and editing data, best cartographic practices and spatial analysis. Previous experience with GIS is helpful but not required. This workshop is hosted collaboratively by Sierra College, the California… Read More 2023 FOREST GIS WORKSHOP