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Jordan Zachritz, a UC Berkeley graduate student in ecosystem sciences, has been studying Sudden Oak Death and similar tree-killing diseases in hopes he and his peers can find ways to stop them and save California’s forests.
Tag: forestry
Let it burn: Prescribed fires pose little danger to forest ecology, study says
June 11, 2012:
UC Berkeley-led research is giving the green light to fighting fire with fire. An analysis of controlled burns and mechanical thinning nationwide did not find substantial ecological harm from fuel-reduction treatments used to reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfires. And with a rise in wildfires predicted in many parts of the country, researchers say more treatments are needed to manage this risk.
New redwood log benches mark Forestry Club’s 100-year anniversary
May 8, 2012:
Six new 10-foot long redwood benches were delivered and installed in front of Mulford Hall on Monday (May 7) to mark the 100-year anniversary of the UC Berkeley Forestry Club. The logs, donated by Humboldt Redwood Company, were made into benches by the forestry students with help from Scott Stephens, associate professor of wildland fire science, and Tom Klatt, campus environmental projects manager. The new benches replace two older log benches that had become decomposed.
John Helms receives Gifford Pinchot Medal for forestry work
September 7, 2011:
John Helms, professor emeritus of silviculture in the College of Natural Resources, has won the 2011 Gifford Pinchot medal from the Society of American Foresters for his decades of research and teaching.
Range management expert Harold Heady, forestry professor emeritus, dies at 95
June 9, 2011:
Professor Emeritus of Forestry Harold F. Heady, recipient of the Berkeley Citation in 1991 for his contributions to range management and the university, has passed away at the age of 95.
