Jul 9, 2019
The Forest Service, an agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), is proposing revisions to its National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) regulations. These regulations are a key component of how the agency performs environmental analysis and makes decisions....
Jul 3, 2019
EMAIL FROM JASON KUIKEN, FOREST SUPERVISOR, STANISLAUS NATIONAL FOREST: This email serves as an invitation to the Amador-Calaveras Consensus Group and Yosemite Stanislaus Solutions Collaborative to attend a series of engagement meetings to help us develop a path to...
Jun 24, 2019
View video here: https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/abc10-originals/every-county-has-towns-that-can-burn-like-paradise-cal-fire-chief-says/103-737e06b8-5486-4453-99ba-540b5954a594?fbclid=IwAR1VjYYKLZZ0s1RQ5bqX3kz9u6sbq1MKrzyJfRSaTu75ivqMhGtSFmcpy_4...
Jun 24, 2019
U.S. Forest Service Chief Vicki Christiansen recently told the Capital Press that about 80 million acres of national forests are ripe for severe fires, but the agency is not treating these public lands fast enough. “Quite frankly, the scale is not big...
Jun 24, 2019
Story By Hugh Powell; Photographs by Jeremy Roberts Black-backed Woodpecker by Jeremy Roberts/Conservation Media. June 17, 2019 Many fire ecologists have long had an alternate perspective on large, severe fires like Rice Ridge: that they are inevitable and largely...
May 28, 2019
Come out and help the Eldorado National Forest, California Native Plant Society, Sierra Forest Legacy and other partner groups prepare for a critically needed prescribed fire within the Caples Creek Roadless Area (an area recommended for wilderness designation by the...
May 23, 2019
Many studies have examined how fuels, topography, climate, and fire weather influence fire severity. Less is known about how different forest management practices influence fire severity in multi‐owner landscapes, despite costly and controversial suppression of...
May 23, 2019
The CAL FIRE Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit, in partnership with the Calaveras County Office of Emergency Services, Calaveras County Sheriff and the Calaveras County Local Fire Agencies, invites you to an open house to discuss fire safety and evacuation preparedness! Please...
