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University of California Cooperative Extension forestry is dedicated to extending the resources of the University of California to local residents and landowners to help them solve natural resources problems. This website contains information, resources, publications, and big ideas about how to steward forest land in California. Topics of interest for California forests are listed on the left tabs. Most have associated publications and educational opportunities embedded within topic pages. Resources including technical and financial assistance programs, informational websites, and educational opportunities are listed in the top tabs.

UCCE recently published a comprehensive educational series on forest stewardship for forest landowners. This 24 part publication can be downloaded for free here: Forest Stewardship Series (Parts 1 through 24). Each of the series publications is also available separately on the topic pages on the left and under the publication tab above.

Current news and issues are highlighted in the blogs below. To keep up with activities of University of California extension forestry, join us on our Forest Research and Outreach facebook page and follow UC Forestry on our new Twitter page! We hope these websites will be useful to you. For any comments or suggestions about this website, please take our brief on-line survey.

Forest Research and Outreach Blog

California Forestry News

Fire ecology - a 'hot' career to attract students to science

Re-posted from the UCANR Green Blog Ask most youth what they think about wildfires in forests and they will usually respond with "they kill trees and animals" or "it’s bad – they burn down homes and put out lots of smoke." They are...

Posted on Monday, April 15, 2013 at 12:16 PM

Author: Kim Ingram
Posted by: Susie Kocher

Woody Biomass

Forest Steward Blog

How to train your giant sequoia

Article reviewed: Density effects on giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) growth through 22 years: Implications for restoration and plantation management By R. York, K O’Hara, and J. Battles, published in Western Journal of...

Posted on Friday, April 5, 2013 at 11:19 AM

Author: Rob York