Forest Research and Outreach

Reposted from the UCANR News California's most destructive wildfire year on record was 2018, with devastating fires occurring in Northern California oak woodlands. From 2015 to 2017, six of California's 20 most deadly and destructive fires in history occurred in these areas.

Reposted from the UC Berkeley College of Natural Resources News Fire has been a central component in California's natural and human history for millennia.

Reposted from the UC Berkeley News A seven-year project tracking young coho salmon in the Russian River watershed found that some habitats support the young fish even in the midst of extended drought.

Reposted from the UCANR news The Camp Fire that destroyed the town of Paradise and other wildfires that have devastated communities in recent years have convinced wildfire experts that Californians need to take more than one approach to coexist with fire.

Reposted from the UCANR News California oak woodlands are highly prized ecoregions where stately trees, many of them hundreds of years old, are cornerstones of a habitat for wildlife and native plants.