Fresno County, CA… Save the Date! Register now for a California Forest Stewardship Workshop Online beginning January 27, 2021 – April 13, 2021, and in person Saturday, February 20th, Fresno County. Join the workshop to understand and protect your forests by developing a Forest Management Plan.

Topics include:

• Forest management objectives and planning
• Forest health, insects and disease
• Forest and fire ecology, wildlife, watersheds
• Fuels reduction and forest resource marketing
• Mapping, inventory and silviculture
• Project development & permitting
• Getting professional help and cost-share opportunities
• Native American cultural vegetation management practices
• Bureau of Indian Affairs allotment and tribal lands information

Participants will utilize online resources on their own time to
complete learning modules and short activities. Zoom meetings with all participants and presenters will take place once a week on Tuesdays, 6-7:30pm. The in-person field day will cover silviculture, forest inventory and mapping activities. Participants who complete the workshop will be eligible for a free site visit with a California Registered Professional Forester.

Registration for the workshop is $60. Sign up now at:
http://ucanr.edu/forestryworkshops/

For workshop questions, contact Kim Ingram, kcingram@ucanr.edu.

For information specific to BIA, contact Yvonne Jones, Yvonne.Jones@bia.gov

The Forest Stewardship Education Initiative is a CAL FIRE funded contract (8CA04547), awarded July 1, 2019 through June 30, 2021, to Susie Kocher, RPF#2874, University of California Cooperative Extension, to help landowners develop forest management plans.