Register now for a California Post- Fire Forest Resilience Workshop

Online weekly Tuesdays, 6:00pm – 7:30pm, September 6th to October 4th and in-person field trips on October 12th, Thursday 13th, Friday 14th (attend one)

Learn about managing forestland after wildfire:

• Increasing disturbances in Sierra Nevada forests 
• Post-wildfire issues: erosion, invasives, hazard trees, fuels 
• Time frame and steps needed for reforestation 
• Landowner support groups and financial assistance 
• Safety and erosion control for the short and long term 
• Dealing with dead trees/ salvage logging/ slash treatment 
• Reforestation/seedling orders/ climate change/ planting 
• Dealing with competing vegetation and on-going maintenance 
• Getting professional help and cost-share opportunities

Participants will use online resources on their own time to complete learning modules and short activities. Zoom meetings with all participants and presenters will take place once a week on Tuesdays, 6-7:30pm. The focus is on recent fires in the northern / central Sierra Nevada. The in-person field trips will visit the Dixie, Caldor & Tamarack fires to see fire impacts, restoration needs and strategies and restoration projects on private and public lands.

Registration for the workshop is $25. Sign up now at:

http://ucanr.edu/post-fireworkshops 

For questions, contact Susie Kocher, sdkocher@ucanr.edu.

https://ucanr.edu/sites/forestry/files/370250.pdf