Prescribed Fire for Foresters

This workshop provided attendees with the skills to develop smoke management plans, increase understanding of liability and permit development, and highlight management examples along with upcoming opportunities and policy changes. The workshop was intended for foresters, resource managers, and others with an interest in prescribed fire on private lands.

This program is available in online talks to watch at your convenience. 

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Workshop Information

In the agenda below you will find the recorded presentations linked in blue. 

The Q&A sessions were also recorded and are available for both April 28th and April 29th. You will find the Q&A sessions just below in the blue box. 

Thank you!

Workshop Agenda

Introduction by Yana Valachovic, UC Cooperative Extension, Host

April 28th Two online chat sessions with groups of speakers (full presentation of Chat Sessions 1&2 Talks)

9:00-10:30     Chat Session 1 with speakers who covered:

• Rx fire options and myths (Lenya Quinn-Davidson, UCCE) 
• Prescribed Burn Association options and economics (Jeff Stackhouse, UCCE)
  Part 1
  Part 2
  Part 3
• Prescribed Fire Liability in California  (Lenya Quinn-Davidson, UCCE) 
• New Certified Burn Boss Program (Lenya Quinn-Davidson, UCCE) 
• Cal Fire permitting and VMP (Chris Ramey, CAL FIRE) 
• Cal Fire's CFIP Program (Stewart McMorrow, CAL FIRE) 
• NRCS prescribed burning (Matt Cocking, NRCS)
  Part 1-Planning
  Part 2-Policy
  Part 3 Burn Snapshots and Economics Example 1 
  Part 3 Example 2 
  Part 3 Example 3
  Part 4-Shared screen navigation
• US Fish and Wildlife Service Partner's Program and Rx fire (Greg Gray, USFWS)

1:00-2:30     Chat session 2 with speakers who covered:

• Using Rx fire in ponderosa plantations to maximize wildfire resilience and productivity (Eric Knapp, USDA Forest Service Research) 
• Using Rx fire to manage second-growth redwood and to manage Douglas-fir encroachment in oak woodlands (Eamon Engber, Redwood Nat. Park) 
• Winter burning opportunities for private landowners (Rob York, UCCE) 
• Scaling up: strategic landscape planning (Nick Goulette, Watershed Center) 

April 29th Morning online chat session with group of speakers

9:00-10:30     Chat session 3 with speakers who covered:

• Fire weather and other important considerations (Hugh Scanlon) 
  Part 1 
  Part 2  
  PowerPoint
• Working with the NCUAQMD to obtain your permits and develop your SMP: best practices to ensure everything's in place when you are ready to burn (Debra Harris, NCUAQMD)
• Air quality permitting overview and other aspects of smoke management (Lenya Quinn-Davidson and Jeff Stackhouse, UCCE) 

Additional Resources:

• A series of additional video-based resources from Rx fire experts: (link)
• Northern California Prescribed Fire Council: (link)
• California Fire Science Consortium: (link)
• Humboldt County Prescribed Burn Association: (link)
• UC Forestry Website: (link)
• UC Fire Website: (link)

Helpful articles and fact sheets:

• Prescribed Fire Liability in California (link)
• Building a burn trailer to support your community's prescribed fire efforts (link)
• Burning by the Day: Why cost/acre is not a good metric for prescribed fire (link)
• Options for prescribed fire on private lands in California (link)
• Is funding always worth the cost? (link)