Forest Health and Wildfire Research Scoping:

Needs, Opportunities, and a Roadmap for the Next 10 Years

Association for Fire Ecology’s 10th International Fire and Management Congress

Hyatt Regency Monterey Hotel, Spyglass I

Monday, December 4th, from 1 pm to 5 pm

CAL FIRE, Berkeley Forests, and the California Fire Science Consortium are sponsoring an afternoon workshop at the 10th International Fire Ecology and Management Congress to highlight ongoing fire-related research programs in California. This workshop will feature presentations from CAL FIRE funded research projects and provide a forum for discussing future research needs and knowledge gaps, and to create a roadmap for research collaboration and integration with policymakers and land managers in California and other fire prone regions.

Workshop attendees will be asked to participate in a facilitated large group discussion focused on better understanding ongoing needs for monitoring, identification of knowledge and data gaps, and future directions for research.

Results from the panel and group discussion will be pulled together into a white paper that will be distributed by the California Fire Science Consortium (CFSC) and shared with the Wildfire and Forest Resilience Task Force, the Board of Forestry and Fire Protection, CAL FIRE, the USFS, and other agency partners. Workshop participants will be encouraged to participate in developing the white paper by providing input on recommendations.

View the flyer here!

Invited Speakers:

Research presentations:

Susan Prichard
University of Washington

Lara Kueppers
University of California, Berkeley

Sarah Bisbing
University of Nevada, Reno

David Saah
University of San Francisco/Spatial Informatics Group

Graduate student lightning talks:

Kaili Brande
University of California, Santa Barbara

Micah Elias
University of California, Berkeley

Ashley Grupenhoff
University of California, Davis

Panelists:

Michael Goulden
University of California, Irvine

Lenya Quinn Davidson
University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources

Brandon Collins
USDA Forest Service Pacific SW Region/ University of California, Berkeley

Marc Castellnou
Catalan Fire Service/University of Lleida

Registration is open to anyone wishing to attend.