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		<title> Sierra forests need to burn more often</title>      
		<description><![CDATA[Reposted from the UCANR Green Blog
Many parts of the Sierra Nevada have not burned in more than 100 years, a significant departure from a natural fire cycle that would characterize a healthy forest, according to Susie Kocher, UC Cooperative Extension advisor in the Central Sierra office.
&amp;ldquo;The fire interval is completely out of whack compared to pre-settlement conditions,&amp;rdquo; Kocher said.
In a historical, natural and healthy fire regime, nearly half of Sierra forests would experience......<img id="trackingimg" src="http://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmwv=4.6.5&utmcs=UTF-8&utmac=UA-23723657-4&utmccn=RSS%2BFeed&utmcsr=RSS&utmn=580234614&utmhn=ucanr.edu&utmdt=Sierra%20forests%20need%20to%20burn%20more%20often&utmp=%2Fblogs%2FForestryNews%2F" style="width:1px; height:1px; border:none;"><br clear="all">]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 11:44:19 PST</pubDate>
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		<author> sdkocher@ucanr.edu(Susie  Kocher)</author>
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		<title> World&apos;s top scientists: California and nations should act now on environment</title>      
		<description><![CDATA[Reprinted from UC Berkeley News Center. For whole story click here.
BERKELEY &amp;mdash; Responding to a challenge by California Gov. Jerry Brown, more than 500 of the world&amp;rsquo;s top global change scientists have outlined the main environmental issues &amp;ndash; from climate change to pollution and population growth &amp;ndash; that policy makers must address immediately to avoid an approaching global tipping point.

Gov. Jerry Brown discussing Earth&amp;rsquo;s tipping point with UC Berkeley professor......<img id="trackingimg" src="http://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmwv=4.6.5&utmcs=UTF-8&utmac=UA-23723657-4&utmccn=RSS%2BFeed&utmcsr=RSS&utmn=21606680&utmhn=ucanr.edu&utmdt=World%27s%20top%20scientists%3A%20California%20and%20nations%20should%20act%20now%20on%20environment&utmp=%2Fblogs%2FForestryNews%2F" style="width:1px; height:1px; border:none;"><br clear="all">]]></description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 13:46:41 PST</pubDate>
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		<author> sdkocher@ucanr.edu(Susie  Kocher)</author>
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		<title> Weekly Forest News Digest from Greg Giuisti</title>      
		<description><![CDATA[Forest Owners Thank Congressional Leaders for Bipartisan Bill Preserving EPA Forest Roads Policy, Jobs, National Alliance of Forest Owners, May 16, 2013
The National Alliance of Forest Owners (NAFO) today thanked Congressional leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate for introducing the Silviculture Regulatory Consistency Act, preserving the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency&amp;rsquo;s (EPA) 37 years of success regulating forest roads as nonpoint sources under the Clean......<img id="trackingimg" src="http://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmwv=4.6.5&utmcs=UTF-8&utmac=UA-23723657-4&utmccn=RSS%2BFeed&utmcsr=RSS&utmn=765436950&utmhn=ucanr.edu&utmdt=Weekly%20Forest%20News%20Digest%20from%20Greg%20Giuisti&utmp=%2Fblogs%2FForestryNews%2F" style="width:1px; height:1px; border:none;"><br clear="all">]]></description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 14:23:43 PST</pubDate>
		<link>http://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=10425&amp;utm_source=RSS&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=RSS%2BFeed</link>
		<author> sdkocher@ucanr.edu(Susie  Kocher)</author>
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		<title> Fire ecology - a &apos;hot&apos; career to attract students to science</title>      
		<description><![CDATA[Re-posted from the UCANR Green Blog 

Ask most youth what they think about wildfires in forests and they will usually respond with &quot;they kill trees and animals&quot; or &quot;it&amp;rsquo;s bad &amp;ndash; they burn down homes and put out lots of smoke.&quot; They are partially right.
Ask youth about considering a career studying the history of fire from a tree cookie, a slice of tree branch that shows the rings, or lake bed sedimentation. Or ask them what role wind plays in how a fire jumps from treetop to......<img id="trackingimg" src="http://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmwv=4.6.5&utmcs=UTF-8&utmac=UA-23723657-4&utmccn=RSS%2BFeed&utmcsr=RSS&utmn=567518202&utmhn=ucanr.edu&utmdt=Fire%20ecology%20%2D%20a%20%27hot%27%20career%20to%20attract%20students%20to%20science&utmp=%2Fblogs%2FForestryNews%2F" style="width:1px; height:1px; border:none;"><br clear="all">]]></description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 12:16:40 PST</pubDate>
		<link>http://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=9753&amp;utm_source=RSS&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=RSS%2BFeed</link>
		<author> sdkocher@ucanr.edu(Susie  Kocher)</author>
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		<title> Weekly Forest News Digest from Greg Giuisti</title>      
		<description><![CDATA[Here is the weekly news digest of news about California forestry from UCCE Natural Resources Advisor Greg Giusti.
LaMalfa praises bill to increase timber cutting in national forests, By LARRY MITCHELL, Chico Enterprise-Record, April 4, 2013
A bill to increase timber cutting on national forests has the strong support of Rep. Doug LaMalfa, R-Richvale. &quot;I&apos;m excited that the bill is moving forward,&quot; he said, speaking by phone Wednesday from his Oroville office. &quot;It&apos;s something I look forward to......<img id="trackingimg" src="http://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmwv=4.6.5&utmcs=UTF-8&utmac=UA-23723657-4&utmccn=RSS%2BFeed&utmcsr=RSS&utmn=885388033&utmhn=ucanr.edu&utmdt=Weekly%20Forest%20News%20Digest%20from%20Greg%20Giuisti&utmp=%2Fblogs%2FForestryNews%2F" style="width:1px; height:1px; border:none;"><br clear="all">]]></description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 11:42:24 PST</pubDate>
		<link>http://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=9714&amp;utm_source=RSS&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=RSS%2BFeed</link>
		<author> sdkocher@ucanr.edu(Susie  Kocher)</author>
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		<title> Perils of Illegal Marijuana Crops</title>      
		<description><![CDATA[Mourad Gabriel with a CA fisher

Rodenticides used on illegal marijuana farms have already been shown to pose serious harm to the fisher&amp;mdash;a cat-sized carnivore found in forests across Canada and four regions in the U.S. (Previous news article.)
Mourad Gabriel, a doctoral candidate with the Veterinary Genetics Laboratory at UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine, provides a more comprehensive look at the situation in the recent issue of The Wildlife Professional, put out by The......<img id="trackingimg" src="http://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmwv=4.6.5&utmcs=UTF-8&utmac=UA-23723657-4&utmccn=RSS%2BFeed&utmcsr=RSS&utmn=66680724&utmhn=ucanr.edu&utmdt=Perils%20of%20Illegal%20Marijuana%20Crops&utmp=%2Fblogs%2FForestryNews%2F" style="width:1px; height:1px; border:none;"><br clear="all">]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 12:05:08 PST</pubDate>
		<link>http://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=9679&amp;utm_source=RSS&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=RSS%2BFeed</link>
		<author> sdkocher@ucanr.edu(Susie  Kocher)</author>
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		<title> Weekly Forest News Digest from Greg Giuisti</title>      
		<description><![CDATA[Here is a digest of forestry news affecting California:
Justices uphold EPA&apos;s policy on logging road runoff, Jeremy P. Jacobs, Greenwire, Wednesday, March 20, 2013 
The Supreme Court today upheld U.S. EPA&apos;s policy for regulating stormwater runoff on logging roads in the Pacific Northwest. The 7-1 ruling in Decker v. Northwest Environmental Defense Center backed EPA&apos;s policy that logging roads are not industrial point-source pollution and consequently don&apos;t require Clean Water Act......<img id="trackingimg" src="http://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmwv=4.6.5&utmcs=UTF-8&utmac=UA-23723657-4&utmccn=RSS%2BFeed&utmcsr=RSS&utmn=864148028&utmhn=ucanr.edu&utmdt=Weekly%20Forest%20News%20Digest%20from%20Greg%20Giuisti&utmp=%2Fblogs%2FForestryNews%2F" style="width:1px; height:1px; border:none;"><br clear="all">]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2013 11:26:15 PST</pubDate>
		<link>http://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=9591&amp;utm_source=RSS&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=RSS%2BFeed</link>
		<author> sdkocher@ucanr.edu(Susie  Kocher)</author>
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		<title> Weekly Forest News Digest from Greg Giuisti</title>      
		<description><![CDATA[Here is a digest of recent news stories that affect forestry in California:
Lumber Boom Boosts Home Depot, Timber Towns, By ALAN FARNHAM, ABC News, Feb. 28, 2013.  Good News For Oregon, Wyoming, Alabama, Other Timber States
Timber! An improved U.S. housing market plus rising foreign demand for wood are boosting lumber prices, to the benefit of mill owners, retailers like Home Depot, and timber towns like Eugene, Ore.
Home Depot&apos;s announcement this week that its quarterly profit had jumped 32......<img id="trackingimg" src="http://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmwv=4.6.5&utmcs=UTF-8&utmac=UA-23723657-4&utmccn=RSS%2BFeed&utmcsr=RSS&utmn=853572880&utmhn=ucanr.edu&utmdt=Weekly%20Forest%20News%20Digest%20from%20Greg%20Giuisti&utmp=%2Fblogs%2FForestryNews%2F" style="width:1px; height:1px; border:none;"><br clear="all">]]></description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Mar 2013 10:11:08 PST</pubDate>
		<link>http://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=9427&amp;utm_source=RSS&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=RSS%2BFeed</link>
		<author> sdkocher@ucanr.edu(Susie  Kocher)</author>
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		<title> Represented through cake: Mixed-conifer post-fire succession</title>      
		<description><![CDATA[This article is reposted from the California Fire Science Consortium blog. For more information go to http://www.cafiresci.org/blog/.

Something so rare and wonderful happened this week that it must be shared:
The Stephens Wildland Fire Science Lab at UC Berkeley recently hosted a departmental happy hour. To celebrate the occasion, Stephens Lab PhD candidate Anu Kramer illustrated a typical Sierra Nevada post-fire succession in the form of three cakes:


The first cake, shown above,......<img id="trackingimg" src="http://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmwv=4.6.5&utmcs=UTF-8&utmac=UA-23723657-4&utmccn=RSS%2BFeed&utmcsr=RSS&utmn=417591738&utmhn=ucanr.edu&utmdt=Represented%20through%20cake%3A%20Mixed%2Dconifer%20post%2Dfire%20succession&utmp=%2Fblogs%2FForestryNews%2F" style="width:1px; height:1px; border:none;"><br clear="all">]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2013 10:39:06 PST</pubDate>
		<link>http://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=9196&amp;utm_source=RSS&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=RSS%2BFeed</link>
		<author> sdkocher@ucanr.edu(Susie  Kocher)</author>
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		<title> Weekly Forest News Digest from Greg Giuisti</title>      
		<description><![CDATA[Here are the week&apos;s headlines from UCCE Natural Resources Advisor Greg Giuisti:
California greenhouse gas emissions drop for third year in a row, EDITH ALLEN, San Francisco Examiner, JANUARY 15, 2013
California greenhouse emissions dropped for the third year in a row by 2011, when targeted facilities produced 111 million tons of CO2e. This is down from 117.6 million tons in 2010. The targeted facilities include power plants, cement facilities, oil refineries, general combustion and other......<img id="trackingimg" src="http://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmwv=4.6.5&utmcs=UTF-8&utmac=UA-23723657-4&utmccn=RSS%2BFeed&utmcsr=RSS&utmn=104479297&utmhn=ucanr.edu&utmdt=Weekly%20Forest%20News%20Digest%20from%20Greg%20Giuisti&utmp=%2Fblogs%2FForestryNews%2F" style="width:1px; height:1px; border:none;"><br clear="all">]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2013 15:48:19 PST</pubDate>
		<link>http://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=9123&amp;utm_source=RSS&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=RSS%2BFeed</link>
		<author> sdkocher@ucanr.edu(Susie  Kocher)</author>
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		<title> Weekly Forest News Digest from Greg Giuisti</title>      
		<description><![CDATA[Here&apos;s a collection of news stories bearing on California forestry from Natural Resources Advisor Greg Giuisti:
Sticker Shock, The &amp;ldquo;hidden&amp;rdquo; costs of wildfire &amp;mdash; and who gets stuck with the tab, NFPA Journal&amp;reg;, January/February 2013
 Recent wildfire seasons have provided mainstream media with plenty of material for dramatic images and attention-grabbing headlines, some more accurate than others. We often worry that misleading coverage can deliver the wrong message to the......<img id="trackingimg" src="http://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmwv=4.6.5&utmcs=UTF-8&utmac=UA-23723657-4&utmccn=RSS%2BFeed&utmcsr=RSS&utmn=954250044&utmhn=ucanr.edu&utmdt=Weekly%20Forest%20News%20Digest%20from%20Greg%20Giuisti&utmp=%2Fblogs%2FForestryNews%2F" style="width:1px; height:1px; border:none;"><br clear="all">]]></description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2013 12:02:18 PST</pubDate>
		<link>http://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=9064&amp;utm_source=RSS&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=RSS%2BFeed</link>
		<author> sdkocher@ucanr.edu(Susie  Kocher)</author>
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		<title> Persistent methodological flaw undermines biodiversity conservation in tropical forests</title>      
		<description><![CDATA[Reposted from the UC Berkeley College of Natural Resource News. For full article go to http://ourenvironment.berkeley.edu/category/news-events/ 


Logging in a tropical forest. Photo courtesy of Ben Ramage

What is the role of logging in tropical forests? How is biodiversity affected by this logging? The answers differ and are controversial among ecologists, environmentalists, and policymakers, and these disagreements have implications for the conservation of biodiversity.
A new paper by......<img id="trackingimg" src="http://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmwv=4.6.5&utmcs=UTF-8&utmac=UA-23723657-4&utmccn=RSS%2BFeed&utmcsr=RSS&utmn=226010686&utmhn=ucanr.edu&utmdt=Persistent%20methodological%20flaw%20undermines%20biodiversity%20conservation%20in%20tropical%20forests&utmp=%2Fblogs%2FForestryNews%2F" style="width:1px; height:1px; border:none;"><br clear="all">]]></description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2013 11:53:24 PST</pubDate>
		<link>http://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=9041&amp;utm_source=RSS&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=RSS%2BFeed</link>
		<author> sdkocher@ucanr.edu(Susie  Kocher)</author>
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		<title> Hoopa forestry working to stop spread of Sudden Oak Death</title>      
		<description><![CDATA[article reposted from the Two Rivers Tribune

Hoopa Tribal Forestry and UC Berkeley researchers are working to prevent the spread of an infestation of tree-killing spores which is now less than five miles from the boundary of the Hoopa Valley Reservation.
The spores, known as Phytophthora ramorum or Sudden Oak Death, can infect dozens of plant species and they kill Tan Oak trees. The disease has had devastating effects on forests in California and Oregon.
Darin Jarnaghan, the Hoopa Forestry......<img id="trackingimg" src="http://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmwv=4.6.5&utmcs=UTF-8&utmac=UA-23723657-4&utmccn=RSS%2BFeed&utmcsr=RSS&utmn=862216135&utmhn=ucanr.edu&utmdt=Hoopa%20forestry%20working%20to%20stop%20spread%20of%20Sudden%20Oak%20Death&utmp=%2Fblogs%2FForestryNews%2F" style="width:1px; height:1px; border:none;"><br clear="all">]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2012 09:23:26 PST</pubDate>
		<link>http://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=8954&amp;utm_source=RSS&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=RSS%2BFeed</link>
		<author> sdkocher@ucanr.edu(Susie  Kocher)</author>
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		<title> Weekly Forest News Digest from Greg Giuisti</title>      
		<description><![CDATA[Here is the week&apos;s news affecting forestry in california:
Wildfire epidemic leaves states searching for answers, By JIM MALEWITZ, Sacramento Bee, DEC. 13, 2012
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- To some people living in the drought-scorched American West, it may seem like the fires will never stop raging. Months after forests and grasslands in much of the region usually cease smoldering for the year, smoke still wafts across parts of Colorado&apos;s Rocky Mountain National Park. Hundreds of residents living......<img id="trackingimg" src="http://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmwv=4.6.5&utmcs=UTF-8&utmac=UA-23723657-4&utmccn=RSS%2BFeed&utmcsr=RSS&utmn=950973046&utmhn=ucanr.edu&utmdt=Weekly%20Forest%20News%20Digest%20from%20Greg%20Giuisti&utmp=%2Fblogs%2FForestryNews%2F" style="width:1px; height:1px; border:none;"><br clear="all">]]></description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2012 17:14:35 PST</pubDate>
		<link>http://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=8919&amp;utm_source=RSS&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=RSS%2BFeed</link>
		<author> sdkocher@ucanr.edu(Susie  Kocher)</author>
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		<title> Weekly Forest News Digest from Greg Giuisti</title>      
		<description><![CDATA[Here is the weekly news digest from Natural Resources Advisor Greg Giusti:
Congress must move on farm bill, Passing measure by end of the year would give farmers needed &apos;certainty.&apos;, Fresno Bee Editorial, Dec. 06, 2012
California farmers need a predictable safety net. And all of us have an interest in adequate nutrition, as well as conservation programs and other land policies that minimize the effects of floods, drought and erosion.  Unfortunately, the nation&apos;s five-year farm bill expired on......<img id="trackingimg" src="http://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmwv=4.6.5&utmcs=UTF-8&utmac=UA-23723657-4&utmccn=RSS%2BFeed&utmcsr=RSS&utmn=475091968&utmhn=ucanr.edu&utmdt=Weekly%20Forest%20News%20Digest%20from%20Greg%20Giuisti&utmp=%2Fblogs%2FForestryNews%2F" style="width:1px; height:1px; border:none;"><br clear="all">]]></description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2012 10:17:28 PST</pubDate>
		<link>http://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=8892&amp;utm_source=RSS&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=RSS%2BFeed</link>
		<author> sdkocher@ucanr.edu(Susie  Kocher)</author>
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		<title> Williamson Act cuts: Ranch lands, critical conservation areas at risk</title>      
		<description><![CDATA[California Agriculture journal, October-December 2012 issue

State budget cuts have dramatically reduced funding for the Williamson Act, California&amp;rsquo;s conservation law that provides property tax relief for the owners of 15 million acres of rangeland and farms &amp;mdash; preserving California&amp;rsquo;s prized open space.
New research reveals that if cuts continue and the act is eliminated, owners of ranchland plan to sell 20 percent of their total acres, according to William Wetzel and......<img id="trackingimg" src="http://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmwv=4.6.5&utmcs=UTF-8&utmac=UA-23723657-4&utmccn=RSS%2BFeed&utmcsr=RSS&utmn=419189225&utmhn=ucanr.edu&utmdt=Williamson%20Act%20cuts%3A%20Ranch%20lands%2C%20critical%20conservation%20areas%20at%20risk&utmp=%2Fblogs%2FForestryNews%2F" style="width:1px; height:1px; border:none;"><br clear="all">]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2012 11:11:10 PST</pubDate>
		<link>http://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=8739&amp;utm_source=RSS&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=RSS%2BFeed</link>
		<author> sdkocher@ucanr.edu(Susie  Kocher)</author>
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		<title> Don&#8217;t move firewood and pests</title>      
		<description><![CDATA[Reposted from ucanr.edu
As autumn temperatures cool, many people like to warm themselves with a cozy fire.  When choosing firewood, natural resources experts ask that people use local firewood to avoid moving harmful insects and plant diseases into and around California.
&amp;ldquo;Buy firewood from a local source close to your home to prevent the spread of insects and diseases, such as the goldspotted oak borer, sudden oak death and emerald ash borer,&amp;rdquo; said Tom Scott, a UC Cooperative......<img id="trackingimg" src="http://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmwv=4.6.5&utmcs=UTF-8&utmac=UA-23723657-4&utmccn=RSS%2BFeed&utmcsr=RSS&utmn=30002881&utmhn=ucanr.edu&utmdt=Don%E2%80%99t%20move%20firewood%20and%20pests&utmp=%2Fblogs%2FForestryNews%2F" style="width:1px; height:1px; border:none;"><br clear="all">]]></description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Oct 2012 16:21:29 PST</pubDate>
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		<author> sdkocher@ucanr.edu(Susie  Kocher)</author>
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		<title> Tapping the forest</title>      
		<description><![CDATA[Article reposted from the University of California Berkeley&apos;s alummi Fall 2012 California Magazine.


To secure water for California, scientists look to the trees.
The recent history of the forests of the western Sierra Nevada goes something like this: Cut down all the trees for timber, leave the trees to grow back for wildlife habitat, cut down some of the trees for fire suppression, leave some of the trees alone for carbon storage.
What&amp;rsquo;s next? Well, one thing that comes out of......<img id="trackingimg" src="http://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmwv=4.6.5&utmcs=UTF-8&utmac=UA-23723657-4&utmccn=RSS%2BFeed&utmcsr=RSS&utmn=964422795&utmhn=ucanr.edu&utmdt=Tapping%20the%20forest&utmp=%2Fblogs%2FForestryNews%2F" style="width:1px; height:1px; border:none;"><br clear="all">]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 2012 12:20:24 PST</pubDate>
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		<author> sdkocher@ucanr.edu(Susie  Kocher)</author>
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		<title> Weekly Forest News Digest from Greg Giuisti</title>      
		<description><![CDATA[Here is a digest of news about California forestry from Natural Resources Advisor Greg Giuisti:
Two Tahoe teens represent U.S. in forestry contest, Sacramento Bee, SEP. 13, 2012
Two Lake Tahoe teens are representing the United States in Moscow at the ninth annual Junior Foresters&apos; Competition this week, the first time the United States is participating in the event. This year, 60 students from 32 countries are competing before an international panel of 15 forestry experts who will judge the......<img id="trackingimg" src="http://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmwv=4.6.5&utmcs=UTF-8&utmac=UA-23723657-4&utmccn=RSS%2BFeed&utmcsr=RSS&utmn=981585961&utmhn=ucanr.edu&utmdt=Weekly%20Forest%20News%20Digest%20from%20Greg%20Giuisti&utmp=%2Fblogs%2FForestryNews%2F" style="width:1px; height:1px; border:none;"><br clear="all">]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Sep 2012 11:32:05 PST</pubDate>
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		<author> sdkocher@ucanr.edu(Susie  Kocher)</author>
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		<title> Research shows that forest fuel reduction treatments do a lot of good and not a lot of harm</title>      
		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=8021&utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS%2BFeed"><img src="http://ucanr.edu/blogs/ForestryNews/blogfiles/12169small.jpg" align="left" border="0"></a>A new review of recent research found that fuels reduction involving small tree and fuel removal and prescribed burning creates more fire resistant forests without causing long-term harm to other resources. Scott Stephens, University of California associate professor, led a review team that published the paper, &amp;ldquo;The Effects of Forest Fuel-Reduction Treatments in the United States&amp;rdquo;, in the June 2012 edition of the journal BioScience.
Forest fuels reduction is increasingly being done...<img id="trackingimg" src="http://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmwv=4.6.5&utmcs=UTF-8&utmac=UA-23723657-4&utmccn=RSS%2BFeed&utmcsr=RSS&utmn=914739080&utmhn=ucanr.edu&utmdt=Research%20shows%20that%20forest%20fuel%20reduction%20treatments%20do%20a%20lot%20of%20good%20and%20not%20a%20lot%20of%20harm&utmp=%2Fblogs%2FForestryNews%2F" style="width:1px; height:1px; border:none;"><br clear="all">]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jul 2012 12:19:43 PST</pubDate>
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		<author> sdkocher@ucanr.edu(Susie  Kocher)</author>
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