The California Air Resources Board (CARB) staff invites you to participate in a public webinar on staff’s estimation of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from contemporary wildfire and forest management activities, and a presentation on historical fire activity before modern fire suppression. In the first part of the webinar, staff will present the methodology and estimation results of GHG emissions from wildfire and prescribed burn, as well as the amount of ecosystem carbon transformed by forest management activities (which may include tree harvest, removals, and planting; prescribed burn; and other vegetation fuels management to reduce fire risk). In the second part of the webinar, staff will present a scientific literature review of quantitative historical fire data that are needed for modeling fire emissions. The data and literature review focuses on the 1,400 years before modern fire suppression began in 1910.
DATE: November 12, 2020
TIME: 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Part 1, GHG Emissions of Wildfire and Forest Management Activities will begin at 2:00 p.m.
Part 2, Summary of Scientific Literature Review of Historical Fire Activity will begin at 3:00 p.m.
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How to Participate
Please register before November 12, 2020, 2:00 p.m. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email with information about joining the webinar. The presentation will be posted at California Wildfire Emission Estimates before the workshop.
Background
Section 4 of Senate Bill 901 – Wildfires (SB 901; Dodd, Statutes of 2018, Chapter 626) directs CARB to estimate GHG emissions associated with wildfire and forest management activities in consultation with the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE). It also directs CARB, in consultation with academic experts and CAL FIRE, to develop a historical GHG emissions baseline for California’s natural fire regime reflecting conditions before modern fire suppression.
More Information
California Wildfire Emission Estimates
California Natural & Working Lands Ecosystem Carbon Inventory
Contact
For questions, contact Anny Huang, Manager of the Emission Inventory Analysis Section.