Would you like to learn more about options for prescribed fire on private lands, laws and permits, and community-based Prescribed Burn Associations (PBA)? If so, this free, online training series is for you! This training is designed for landowners, land managers, and anyone interested in learning more about fire ecology, how to plan and implement prescribed fire. The webinar will highlight successes from other counties, including the PBA model that is currently gaining momentum in counties across California.
Whether you live in a mixed conifer forest, oak woodland, chaparral or grassland habitat, returning prescribed fire to California can be part of a well-managed property.
This training will be conducted completely online in five 1-1/2-hour moderated sessions. The webinar sessions will be held online every Wednesday in May and the first Wednesday in June at 10:00 to 11:30 am. The cost is free, but registration is required. Join us for one or all sessions:
Session 1: Fire Ecology
May 6, 10-11:30am
Fire ecology and behavior and benefits of prescribed fire - Susie Kocher, UCCE Forestry Advisor
Prescribed fire for invasive plants and weeds control - Fadzayi Mashiri, UCCE Natural Resources Advisor
Session 2: Permitting
May 13, 10-11:30am
Cal Fire Permitting and Prescribed Burning - Brian Mattos, Cal Fire Unit Forester for Resource Management
Air Quality Permitting & the Health Impacts of Fire - David Conway, Environmental Health Director, Mariposa County Health Department
Session 3: Prescribed Fire Planning
May 20, 10-11:30am
Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) dynamics and Community Planning-Steve Engfer, Senior Planner, Mariposa County Planning Department
Developing a Burn Plan-Rob York, Cooperative Extension Specialist / UCB-CNR Research Stations Advisor / Adjunct Associate Professor of Forestry
Session 4: Resources for Burning
May 27, 10-11:30am
Prescribed Burn Associations (PBA) - Lenya Quinn-Davidson, UCCE Fire Ecology Advisor
Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) funds for prescribed fire through Natural Recourse Conservation Services (NRCS) - Robyn Smith, District Conservationist, NRCS
Session 5: Benefits of Cultural Burn & PBA Next Steps Discussion
June 3, 10-11:30am
Benefits of Cultural Burn - Honorable Ron Goode, North Fork Mono Tribe
Moderated round discussion about developing PBA - Jared Dahl Aldern, Ph.D. Historical ecology, land-based education, and eco-cultural restoration, & Affiliated research scholar, Huntington-USC Institute on California and the West