blog post California’s 2022 Fire Season: “A Remarkably Different Year” By Sarah Bardeen Dec 12, 2022 Dec 12, 2022 ... We have a big, well-trained fire suppression workforce, but they are stressed to the utmost. We have to figure out policy, hiring, ...
Report Land Transitions and Dust in the San Joaquin Valley By Andrew Ayres, Jaymin Kwon, Joy Collins Jul 20, 2022 Jul 25, 2022 ... Increasing emissions from wildfire could make it difficult to ... or other dust suppression (negating some water conservation benefits of ...
blog post Dangers Lurk in the San Joaquin Valley’s Dust By Sarah Bardeen Jan 10, 2022 Jan 10, 2022 ... Policy levers that help with dust suppression really are key. Topics. climate change Drought Floods Forests and Fires groundwater sustainability ...
blog post Water in 2021: Looking Back on a Year of Extremes By Ellen Hanak Jan 3, 2022 Jan 3, 2022 ... The state experienced yet another year of record-breaking fires, driven by decades of fire suppression and fuel build-up, made worse by ...
Statewide Survey PPIC Statewide Survey: Californians and Their Government By Mark Baldassare, Dean Bonner, Rachel Lawler, Deja Thomas Sep 1, 2021 Sep 14, 2021 ... ... survey on state and national issues that was conducted from August 20 to August 29 by the Public Policy Institute of California.
page Forests and Fires Jul 29, 2021 A prohibition on indigenous burning, wildfire suppression, and a warming climate have made California's headwater forests more susceptible to extreme ...
blog post Building Capacity for Long-term Forest Stewardship By Henry McCann, Van Butsic Jul 6, 2021 Jul 6, 2021 ... Urgency is warranted, especially in the dry mixed-conifer forests that dominate many headwater regions of the state. Decades of fire suppression ...
blog post Will Drought Fan the Flames this Fire Season? By Lori Pottinger, Sarah Bardeen Jun 1, 2021 Jun 1, 2021 ... In your opinion, how well prepared are we for wildfire this year? We are getting more prepared, especially on the fire suppression side, which ...
blog post Video: Preparing for the Next Wildfire Season By Mary Severance May 27, 2021 May 27, 2021 ... The long-term goal is to move away from trying to suppress wildfires and focus on mitigation. “Prescribed fire is a natural part of California's ...
blog post Accounting for a Decade of Headwater Forest Management By Henry McCann, Mingfei Xiong Feb 8, 2021 Feb 8, 2021 ... The prohibition of Indigenous burning, aggressive wildfire suppression, and early timber harvest practices made these forests denser over ...