UC MERCED: Agencies, local stakeholders must collaborate to restore wildlands UC Merced Planning and managementWildfires and watersheds November 22, 2024From UC Merced: As wildfires grow in intensity and frequency, it’s vital that agencies and local stakeholders work together to...
PRESERVING OUR WATERSHEDS: How Placer County Water Agency and Yuba Water Agency are reducing wildfire risk to protect water supplies Guest Contributor EcosystemsWildfires and watersheds November 12, 2024By Jim Peifer, Executive Director, Regional Water Authority Though summer is behind us, the risk of wildfires persists in our...
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE: Planning for resilience: Understanding the connections between forests, fire, water, and drought National Park Service Planning and managementWildfires and watersheds September 4, 2024By the National Park Service You may know Yosemite National Park for its spectacular scenery, waterfalls, granite rock faces, or...
DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE: Tracking the restorative effects of good fire Desert Research Institute Wildfires and watersheds August 9, 2024DRI’s Gabrielle Boisramé has been studying the transformative impact of Yosemite’s natural fire experiment for over a decade. By Elyse...
INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS: Supercharged by climate change, Western megafires explode simultaneously Inside Climate News Wildfires and watersheds July 31, 2024Heat waves and “flash droughts” fuel intense fires in California, Oregon and Canada. By Kiley Price, Inside Climate News This...
UC DAVIS: California a botanical and climate change hot spot UC Davis Climate changeEcosystems July 30, 2024Combination Marks Opportunities for Climate Adaptation and Innovation By Kat Kerlin From coastal redwoods and Joshua trees to golden poppies...
EDWARD RING: Logging can protect forests, increase water supplies Ag Alert CommentaryWildfires and watersheds July 11, 2024By Edward Ring, Ag Alert Practical solutions to California’s energy and water shortages will always have a better chance of...
CAL MATTERS: Welcome to the Age of Fire: California wildfires explained Cal Matters Wildfires and watersheds July 10, 2024By Julie Cart, Cal Matters After two mild wildfire seasons, California is bracing for whatever 2024 brings. Favorable weather marked...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: California officials, environmentalists split over plans to harvest biomass from Sierra forests Courthouse News Service Ecosystems June 15, 2024Proponents say biomass production could create clean energy and new jobs in rural California communities. Critics say biomass is not...
OREGON STATE: Research showcases Indigenous stewardship’s role in forest ecosystem resilience Guest Contributor Wildfires and watersheds April 25, 2024By Steve Lundeberg, Oregon State University Oregon State University researchers have teamed with the Karuk Tribe to create a novel...
SJV WATER: Going to the source: Can meadow restoration beef up California’s water supplies and reduce flooding? SJV Water Water rights and water law November 22, 2023By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water California’s 280,000 acres of mountain meadows dotting the Sierra Nevada are more than pretty rest...
STANFORD NEWS: Low-intensity fires reduce wildfire risk by 60% Stanford University Wildfires and watersheds November 11, 2023High-intensity, often catastrophic, wildfires have become increasingly frequent across the Western U.S. Researchers quantified the value of managed low-intensity burning...
THE CONVERSATION: What the extreme fire seasons of 1910 and 2020 – and 2,500 years of forest history – tell us about the future of wildfires in the West The Conversation Wildfires and watersheds October 17, 2023Kyra Clark-Wolf, University of Colorado Boulder and Philip Higuera, University of Montana Strong winds blew across mountain slopes after a...
USFS: Protecting water from fire: How the Wildfire Crisis Strategy protects critical infrastructure US Forest Service Wildfires and watersheds August 17, 2023By Benjamin Cossel, Stanislaus National Forest If they’d only known. Back in the 1850s, miners in the Sierra Nevada gold-rush...
UCLA: Why are California’s wildfires getting worse? Experts explain what we know UCLA Wildfires and watersheds August 15, 2023Paper adds clarity to contentious debate with implications for lives and property David Colgan, UCLA Key takeaways Experts authored a...
