Forestry Research and Outreach

Before you Buy: Living with Wildfire Resources

The resources below are organized first by type (video, webpage, newsletter, etc.), then alphabetically. 

Blogs from the UC ANR Forest Stewardship team can be found at the bottom of the page.

 

Fact Sheets

Two-page overviews for concerns before and after a wildfire. ~10 minute reads.


 

Macon, D., Low, K., Busch, R., Schor, T. 
Dutch, N., Tompkins, R., Kocher, S., York, R. (2023).
Deak, A. (2023).

Forest Stewardship Newsletters

Deep dives into prescribed fire and reforestation. Each edition also includes one Q&A with a professional. ~20 to 30 minute reads.

 

2021
2025
2025

 

Miscellaneous

Webinar presentations, checklists, and more.

UC ANR
Fouts, N. (2025)
Schor, T. (2025)
Kocher, S., Galliano, M. (2025)
Macon, D. 

 

 

Publications

Scientific publications from UC researchers. >30 minute reads.

Nader, G., Nakamura, G., Lasaux, M., Quarles, S., Valachovic, Y. (2007)
Shive, K. & Kocher, S. (2017)
Valachovic, Y., Quarles, S., Swain, S. (2021)

Webpages

Go-to webpages for information on wildfire preparedness for your home and forestland, and for wildfire recovery.

Community Preparedness and Involvement (UC ANR Fire Network)

Evacuation Preparation (UC ANR Fire Network)

Forest Recovery (UC ANR Fire Network)

Home Hardening and Defensible Space Resources (CALFIRE)

Post-fire Forest Resilience (UCCE Forest Research and Outreach)

Prepare your Home (UC ANR Fire Network)

Preparing Home Landscaping (UC ANR Fire Network)

Request a Defensible Space Inspection (CALFIRE)

Zone 0 Updates (CA Board of Forestry and Fire Protection)

 

 

 

Videos

 

Forest Stewardship Webinar: Assessing post-fire tree mortality
Prescribed fire: options and myth-busting

 

 

 

 

Utilizing silviculture to prepare for winter prescribed burning
Wildfire preparedness

Blogs

 

 

Blog - Forest Research and Outreach : Article

Lessons on wildfire resilience from a 4,000-acre forest lab

February 2, 2022
By Susan D Kocher
Reposted from the UC Berkeley News In his years managing California woodlands, Rob York has come up with a few quick and easy ways to gage whether a forest is prepared for wildfire. The first question I like to ask is, Can you run through the forest?' York says.
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Lighting a prescribed fire. Photo courtesy of Susie Kocher, UC ANR
Blog - Forest Research and Outreach : Article

Should I burn? Consider a Prescribed Fire Go/No-Go Checklist Before You Begin

February 18, 2022
By Kimberly C Ingram
Private forest landowners in California are increasingly interested in using prescribed fire for vegetation management. When properly done, prescribed fire can be used effectively in many different vegetation types, at different times of the year and under different weather conditions.
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