Videos & Presentations

Find information on past ACCG meeting presentations, panels, virtual workshops and field symposiums. Also, links to presentation slides, informational pages, and video recordings.

  • July 17th, 2026, ACCG general meeting: Kayla Dale, Amador Fire Protection District, How to become a Firewise Community (video)
  • June 16th, 2026, ACCG general meeting: UMRWA Aspen Team, WCB-funded Upper Mokelumne Watershed Aspen Assessment & Restoration Decision Framework
  • May 20th, 2026, ACCG general meeting: Brandon Collins, Ph.D, Regional Ecologist, USFS, Preventing Severe Wildfire (video)
  • April 15th, 2026, ACCG general meeting: Michael Jow, Stanislaus NF, Overview of MAC Project FEIS & Decisions
  • February 18th, 2026, ACCG general meeting: Rob Hougton, Arnold Rim Trail Association Trail Reconciliation, Wayfinding and Outdoor Literacy Project
  • January 21st, 2026, ACCG general meeting: Becky Estes (USDA FS) & Megan Layhee (UMRWA), MAC Monitoring Strategy & Funding Plan Development Update
  • November 19th, 2025, ACCG general meeting: UMRWA-USFS, Eldorado NF, Aspen Restoration Project (Consensus item)
  • October 15th, 2025, ACCG general meeting: Anne Calderwood (Beaver Integration Group), Erin Livernois (Calaveras RCD), Beaver Restoration in the Sierras (video, Beaver Bibliography)
  • July 16th, 2025, ACCG general meeting: Derek Young, Becky Estes: Potential collaboration w/open forestry observatory (UC Davis) for drone-based treatment monitoring and planning
  • May 21st, 2025, ACCG general meeting: Dr. Jaime Kostelnik, Fire, Flood, and Mud: Post fire debris flow hazards in the western U.S. (video)
  • March 19, 2025, ACCG general meeting: Craig Ostergaard, Lee Hazeltine, Goat grazing for forest fuels on SPI lands (video)
  • February 19, 2025, ACCG general meeting: Dr. Scott Stephens, UC Berkley, Mass fire behavior created by extensive tree mortality and high tree density not predicted by operational fire behavior models in the southern Sierra Nevada (video)
  • January 15, 2025, ACCG general meeting: Kristen Shive, UC Berkley, Thinning and burning treatments effectively reduce Dixie Fire severity (video)
  • November 20, 2024, ACCG General Meeting, Brian Allen, UCCE, Virtual Fence (VF) for Precision Grazing, Land Management, and Accountability: Lessons Learned (video)
  • October 16, 2024, ACCG general meeting, Stephanie Coppeto, USDA FS Region 5, Regional Monitoring Planner, USDA FS Region 5 Broader Scale Monitoring Strategy (video, website)
  • September 18, 2024, ACCG general meeting, Ellie Routt, Motherlode Land Trust, Executive Director, Motherlode Land Trust Overview & Update
  • August 21, 2024, ACCG general meeting, Dr. Eric Knapp, USFS PSW, Forest thinning and prescribed burning treatments reduce wildfire severity and buffer the impacts of severe fire weather (video)
  • July 17, 2024, ACCG general meeting, Dr. Gavin Jones, USDA FS, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Research Ecologist, Megafire effects on spotted owls: elucidation of a growing threat and a response to Hanson, et al.
  • April 17, 2024, ACCG general meeting, Dr. Alan Taylor, Penn State University, Severity Patterns of the 2021 Dixie Fire and Need to Increase Low-Severity Fire Treatments in California’s Forests
  • February 14, 2024, ACCG general meeting, Michelle Wolfgang (USDA FS, ENF), Zach Browning (Sierra Institute), Aaron James (USDA FS, STF), Jason Smith (TSS Consultants), Shared Stewardship and FS Partnership Coordination Opportunities
  • January 17, 2024, ACCG general meeting, Garrett Dickman, Yosemite National Forest, How Managing a Forest Impacts Wildfire Effects; Washburn Fire as a Case Study
  • September 20, 2023, ACCG general meeting, Dr. Robert York, U.C. Berkeley Cooperative Extension, Interactions of the Mosquito Fire with Forest Management and Reforestation Demonstration at Blodgett Forest Research Station (video)
  • July 19th, 2023, ACCG general meeting: Curtis Kvamme, USDA FS, Stanislaus NF, Forest Soil Scientist, Forest Applications of Biochar – Stanislaus Demonstration Site (slides)
  • June 21st, 2023, ACCG general meeting: Becky Estes, PhD, USDA FS Region 5, Central Sierra Province Ecologist, Caldor Fire (2021) Post-fire Restoration Framework & Post-fire Opportunities for CA Spotted Owl (slides|video)
  • May 18th, 2023, ACCG general meeting: Chris Trott, Golden State Natural Resources’ Biomass Projects (slides)
  • May 18th, 2023, ACCG general meeting: Scott Conway and Joe Flannery, Vibrant Planet, Land Tender (video)
  • January 18th, 2023, ACCG general meeting: Jason Smith, TSS Consultants, Good Neighbor Authority Agreements between USFS & Calaveras, Alpine and Amador Counties.
  • August 17th, 2022, ACCG general meeting: Jan Jacobson and Glenn Flamik, Jacobson James & Associates, JJ&A, Power Fire Fuel Reduction Prioritization Analysis and Strategic Plan (video|report)
  • August 17th, 2022, ACCG general meeting: Torri Keever, Columbia College, Columbia College Apprenticeship Initiative: Informational overview of the program (video)
  • July 20th, 2022, ACCG general meeting: Dr. Malcolm North, USDA FS Region 5, Operational resilience in western US frequent fire forests (slides|video)
  • June 15th, 2022, ACCG general meeting, Katie Wilkinson (USDA FS, Stanislaus NF), Patrick Koepele (TRT) & John Buckley (CSERC), SERAL Project: Points hopefully worth sharing and some lessons learned (slides|table)
  • May 18th, 2022, ACCG general meeting: Jeff Marsolais (ENF Forest Supervisor) & Randy Striplin (ENF Resources Staff Officer), ENF Forest Resilience Strategy (slides|video)
  • April 20th, 2022, ACCG general meeting: Thurman Roberts (Panel Moderator, Hung A Lel Ti community of the Washoe tribe tribal member, Workforce Development & Training Coordinator for CHIPS), Ali Meders-Knight (Mechoopda Tribal member, Master Traditional Ecological Knowledge Practitioner), Irvin Jim (Chairman of the Hung A Lel Ti community of the Washoe tribe, EMT firefighter for Alpine County, District 3 Supervisor of Alpine County, Board President of Intertribal Council of California), and Meyo Murrofo (Robinson Rancheria Band of Pomo Indians tribal member, Environmental Director for Guidiville Rancheria, Central CA Regional Tribal Operations Committee Member for the US EPA Region 9, CA Representative on the US EPA Tribal Caucus), Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) Panel (meeting/panel notes)
  • March 16th, 2022, ACCG general meeting: Ben Jacobs, Burn Boss, CA Big Trees SP, Overview, barriers and other topics regarding prescribed burning at Calaveras Big Trees State Park (slides)
  • Feb. 16th, 2022, ACCG general meeting: Becky Estes, PhD, USFS, Framework for Post-fire Restoration in California’s National Forests (slides|video)
  • Nov. 10th, 2021 ACCG Monitoring WG meeting: Alissa Fogg & Jay Roberts, Point Blue Conservation, Monitoring the Effects of Power Fire Herbicide Treatments on Complex Early Seral Forest Birds (slides|video)
  • Oct. 20th, 2021, ACCG general meeting: Dr. Rob York, Pyrosilviculture (slides|video)
  • September 15th, 2021 ACCG general meeting: Dr. Janice Coen, Weather, Fire Behavior and Trends in the Central Sierra (slides|video)
  • August 18th, 2021 ACCG general meeting: Dr. Malcolm North, Pyrosilviculture: The Need for a New Approach to Increasing the Pace and Scale of Forest Treatments (slides|video)
  • July 21st, 2021 ACCG general meeting: Herbicide Alternatives Panel with Dan Macon and Sean Kriletich (slides|video)
  • June 16th, 2021 ACCG general meeting: FS Forest Resilience Initiative; R5 Shared Stewardship Advisors (slides)