Join us for the California Targeted Grazing Short Course! Register by February 13, 2026 at the link in our bio.

Happy PBA takeover day at #FireCon2025! Thank you to today's excellent plenary speakers! If you're attending the conference, hopefully you've been able to attend some of great PBA-related sessions on the schedule 🔥

New article alert 🚨 for the #FireEcology Journal! "Indigenous stewardship rights and opportunities to recenter Indigenous fire" #SNFECO 🔥 Read it here: https://fireecology.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s42408-025-00393-0

Community members & press are invited to observe prescribed burns during the Forester Prescribed Fire Training Exchange, Oct. 26–Nov. 1 in El Dorado County. Observation days: Oct. 28–29 (sign-up required). Learn about “good fire” & forest resilience: bit.ly/3J4EmdC

What a great day at the 2nd Annual Central Coast Good Fire Fair in Felton! This is what #goodfire looks like… Thank you to all who came and contributed! #goodfirefair California State Parks, @calfire.bsky.social @ucanr.edu

Last plug to join us at the Central Coast Good Fire Fair this Saturday Oct 11 from 10am to 3pm. It’s looking promising for our demonstration burn in the redwoods 🔥 We’ll also have fun activities for kids and adults, food trucks, prizes, and more… #goodfire

🔥The Central Coast Good Fire Fair is back! Join us on Sat, Oct 11, at Henry Cowell Redwoods SP for learning, demos & family fun. Meet the people who use fire to restore & protect our landscapes—CA State Parks, CAL FIRE, Indigenous groups, & the Central Coast PBA.

Nice burns at Wilder Ranch State Park today! They did a great job building heat on this unit by lighting upper and lower slope to bring two flaming fronts together. Objectives include killing/limiting coyote brush and maintaining grasslands. #RxFire

Taking a moment to thank Jane Goodall for her vast contributions to the world of science. Not only did she document ground breaking behavior among primates, she was an active conservationist and a huge advocate for women in STEM. She will be missed! www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...

Tonight I’m going to tell you about a California bill called SB326, authored by Senator Josh Becker and cosponsored by Senators Laird and Stern. This bill is perhaps the most significant wildfire legislation to land on Governor Newsom’s desk this year. I hope he signs it.

Join us Oct. 11 for the Central Coast Good Fire Fair at Henry Cowell Redwoods SP in Felton🌲 Live fire demos, fire science, kids' activities & more! 10am–3pm | Free entry ($10 parking). ucanr.edu/blog/green-b... #GoodFire #WildfireSafety #UCANR #PrescribedFire

Come join us for the 2nd Central Coast Good Fire Fair in Felton Oct 11th and watch a prescribed burn in person! #goodfire #Rxburn

Fire historian Stephen Pyne wrote a commentary on our recent 🔥PNAS article: “Fire practices can support appeals to comanage ancestral lands or transfer them outright. Fire has entered the larger discourse over colonization. Roos et al. make this case explicit.” #goodfire

New post on major Southwest/CA heatwave starting tomorrow and major uptick in wildfire risk--especially in SoCal. Also, a better-late-than-never monsoonal moisture surge will occur this week, w/at least mtn/desert t-storms... #CAwx #CAfire #CAwater

This is a super complicated issue. If wildland FFs have to wear PPE, they probably can’t fight fire in the same way. Cutting line with PPE is probably not possible. 14day shifts are also maybe not possible. That would mean (1) big changes in strategy away from suppression and (2) much higher costs.

I published a video focused on my perspective on the 1.5°C temperature target and what it will mean to exceed it. This monologue is an honest (and unvarnished) scientifically-informed personal reflection, so I hope you'll give it a listen. #ClimateChange www.youtube.com/watc...

New UC research suggests that #agricultural producers can play critical roles in #wildfire risk management and response. @calagucanr.bsky.social #UCCE #UCCooperativeExtension bit.ly/4mw3PL4 📸: Tracy Schohr

Nicely done!

The Ecosystem Workforce Program and FireGeneration Collaborative are researching and convening people around fire resilience workforces. Provide input on the questions and issues that matter to you by filling out this form: ow.ly/PJ0350WsUfY

At UC ANR, we honor every identity and embrace the power of community. You matter. You belong. 🌈💖 #Pride #UCANR #LoveIsLove

Fuels reduction projects aren’t one-and-done—they’re an ongoing part of building wildfire-resilient communities. These efforts help firefighters by slowing fire spread and reducing intensity. #FuelsReduction #WildfireReady #FirePrevention CAL FIRE CZU

I so value the fact that I get to work with Lenya all the time! She is truly a positive force for #goodfire

two great articles on the value of home hardening (homes that won't ignite or be ripped apart in hurricanes) and zone 0 (wildfire safe gardens) and their relationship to insurance costs. LA Times on IBHS burning houses down in a demonstration of ignition prevention: www.latimes.com/california/s...

Q: Why does this model predict warming slow down due to ⬆️🔥 in boreal forests of Canada & Siberia? A:Because more smoke 💨 (i.e., aerosols) will cool the lower atmosphere. But that’s assuming the landscapes stay the same (no shift from 🌲 to grasses). Study: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Katie Low, UC ANR Fire Network statewide coordinator, works to create opportunities for those interested in fire management. “Working for UC ANR has afforded me many opportunities to...uplift others in my community to enter into the fire and resource management space.” bit.ly/4kT6AFg

Wildfires are a year-round threat in #California. #UCANR fire expert Yana Valachovic walks wildfire ruins — tracing how fires leap from forest to home, and how small choices (vents, walkways) make a big difference. Via @politico.com www.politico.com/newsletters/...

Wildfires in the Canadian province of Manitoba, which shares a border with the United States, have prompted authorities to declare a state of emergency and order tens of thousands of people to leave their homes. Winds will likely blow wildfire smoke into Midwestern states.

A tiny beetle is killing SoCal’s mighty oaks. Attend the GSOB Blitz, June 1–15! Join local events to map goldspotted oak borer infestations. No experience needed—training provided by UCCE + partners 📍 SD, OC, Riverside, SB, LA & Ventura 🔗 bit.ly/4dwiAKD

Daniel Swain, climate scientist with #UCANR, will host a live office hour, TOMORROW, 5/23 at 1 pm PT. #CAwx 🔽 @weatherwest.bsky.social

Thanks to Assemblywoman Gail Pellerin & Councilman George Casey for the invitation to speak at the wildfire town hall last night. I had some nice conversations with their constituents. Just by being there, they showed a desire to move towards greater #wildfireresilience You have to start somewhere!

2025 Foresters TREX at Blodgett Forest this October. Get your application in by May 18th #prescribedfire #pyrosilviculture docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Today is #WildfirePreparednessDay! A few simple tasks can make a big difference when preparing for wildfire: ✅ Clean roof and gutters ✅ Remove combustibles near the home ✅ Inspect your vents ✅Remove debris from the garage and fences ucanr.edu/statewide-pr...

Join the UC ANR Fire Network for a webinar May 5th 6:30-7:30pm, "Fire Safe Solutions for Design, Building and Upkeep." bit.ly/FireSafeSolu...

Wildfires don't wait and neither should you! Start preparing your home and property now. Take two critical steps: create defensible space and harden your home. Learn how you can do both at ReadyforWildfire.org. 🔥✋🏠 #WildfirePrevention #HomeHardening #DefensibleSpace #CALFIRE

If we don’t investigate firefighter fatalities or understand how to reduce their risk of cancer, especially for wildland firefighters, how can we protect them? www.propublica.org/article/trum...

Wrapping up our extension peer learning workshop on fire at Yosemite today. We built some DIY air filtration units yesterday and some of us got in a little park visit… #fireeducation

Talking about prescribed burn associations during our UC Extension Peer Learning Workshop at Yosemite National Park!

Six former U.S. Forest Service Chiefs came together to discuss the current state of public lands. Note that these folks worked for various administrations and have come together to express their opinion. This by itself is rare… enewspaper.denverpost.com/infinity/art...

Job opportunity!! Communications and social media coordinator for the Thunderbird Collective. Come change the world of fire with us! More job postings to follow in the next month

Here's a nice visual demonstration of this process playing out in Los Angeles. 70 lots for sale or in contract in Altadena. 40 have already sold. Most people are not through claims adjustment so this is just the tip of the iceberg.

In case you missed my presentation to the California Wildfire Task Force last week, a recording is now available! (There is a bit of an audio issue in the first few mins but it resolves thereafter.) Thanks again to the organizers for making this available! www.youtube.com/watc...

I'll have an "ask me anything" (AMA)-style livestream this Wed, Apr 2nd, at 2pm Pacific Time! Join me then to ask whatever is on your mind in weather, climate, or wildfire realm. (I will also briefly discuss recent & upcoming CA weather.) #CAwater #CAWx youtube.com/live/edG...

Check out the newest resource on our Cultural Fire page 🔥 A Classroom Guide to Appreciating Cultural Burning & Good Fire here: fireecology.org/culturalfire...

Exciting news: Alaska’s Changing Wildfire Environment 2.0 from the Alaska Fire Science Consortium is now online. The report is full of updated information on many aspects of wildfire and wildfire management in Alaska. Available online and as a pdf. #akwx #Alaska #wildfire www.frames.gov/afsc/ACWE

Yana Valachovic, a fire researcher and advisor to two Northern California counties, visited the aftermath of the January #LAfires to explore what Californians can learn from the fires to create more fire-adapted communities. www.politico.com/newsletters/... #Zone0 #HomeHardening

Attending my annual pre-season IMT meeting and one sentiment has been made extremely clear: the chaos that is being wrought on the federal workforce is creating a barrier to national preparedness. It’s already March. Big yikes.

NOAA is somewhat of a background agency in that many people don't understand their impact. In fact, federal agencies are generally terrible at tooting their own horn... Thankfully, some smart person recently put this together, and it's definitely NOT a complete list: www.noaa.gov/news/5-ways-...

I hope to see many of you at the California Forest Science Symposium in Sacramento next week. I will be leading a moderated session on coast redwood forest fire science and management with an amazing panel including Nadia Hamey, Jared Childress, Tori Norville, and David Cowman. See you there!