This page includes listings of upcoming events as well as recordings of past Forest Health Research Program hosted webinars and events include presentations of research led by the Fire and Resource Assessment Program and their collaborators, as well as California Climate Investments funded research grants awarded through the Forest Health Research Program.

Upcoming Events

Community Impacts of Prescribed Fire: Findings from WUI communities from listening sessions and a survey of medically vulnerable adults
Friday, 05/19/2023
Sumi Hoshiko, MPH, CA Dept. of Public Health, and Ana Rappold, PHD, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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Past Webinars and Events

Mitigating Potential Sediment Delivery from Post-Fire Salvage Logging
Wed, 04/12/2023 12:00 PM
Forest Practice Webinar Presenter: Drew Coe, CAL FIR

Mapping surviving trees by drone to improve predictions of post-fire forest recovery
Wed, 04/26/2023 3:00 PM
Presenter: Derek Young, PhD, UC Davis
Webinar 
Recording
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Forest Fire Prevention, or Forest Resiliency Monitoring Report on the §1038 Forest Fire Prevention Exemption
Wed, 03/15/2023 12:00 PM
Forest Practice Webinar
Presenter: Will Olsen, CAL FIRE
Recording coming soon.

Vegetation Trends and Cycles in Fire-Prone Landscapes of Lake, Napa and Sonoma Counties
Wed, 03/15/2023 11:00 AM
Partner webinar hosted by CAL FIRE grantee, Pepperwood Preserve.
Presenter: Arthur Dawson

Climate change and drought mortality increase fuel availability and the carbon cost of forest management
Wed, 01/25/2023 3:00 PM
Presenter: Marissa Goodwin, University of New Mexico
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Public Health Impact of Prescribed Fire (PHIRE) Study - Smoke Exposure
Thu, 11/10/2022 11:00 AM
Presenters:
ShihMing Huang, MS, Sonoma Technology, Inc.
Samantha Kramer, PhD, Sonoma Technology, Inc.
Sumi Hoshiko, MPH, California Department of Public Health
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Climate change and wildfires in western North American forests: a review of ecological departures and adaptation strategies
Fri, 09/09/2022 11:00 AM
Presenters: Dr. Susan Prichard, Fire Ecologist, University of Washington and Dr. Keala Hagmann, Research Ecologist, University of Washington
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Post-fire regeneration in California’s high elevation forests
Thu, 05/19/2022 12:00 PM
Presenter: Emily Brodie, PhD Candidate, University of California, Davis.
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