Virtual Field Day
Our 2020 Virtual Field Day consists of a series of videos that demonstrate the need for and use of prescribed fire. For more information on prescribed fire, please contact us at ssierrapfc@gmail.com.
Fire Suppression and the State of California Forests
Fire in Sierra Nevada FOrest
Based on research by George Gruell, this video examines the historic effects of fire suppression on Sierra Nevada forests.
Fire Exclusion: A problem in the sierra nevada
A series of three videos on prescribed burning by the Sierra Nevada Conservancy.
Restoring fire: a solution in the sierra nevada
A series of three videos on prescribed burning by the Sierra Nevada Conservancy.
Time to act: Restoring Sierra Nevada Forests
A series of three videos on prescribed burning by the Sierra Nevada Conservancy.
Prescribed Fire and Forest Health
Wildfires in California: Friend or Foe?
Scott Stephens discusses California's need for fire in this UC Berkeley Ted Talk.
Prescribed fire for conifer management in oak Woodlands
Fire Ecologist Eaman Engber discusses using prescribed fire to treat conifer encroachment on oak woodlands.
Forest Management Efforts through Prescribed Fire
Prescribed fire at shaver lake
UCCE Forestry Advisor Susie Kocher introduces a prescribed training burn at Shaver Lake.
prescribed fire at shaver lake time lapse
This time lapse video pictures the same prescribed training burn at Shaver Lake.
scorching the earth: CZU firing operations
Cal Fire conducts firing opeations to protect forests from catastrohic wildfire.
Cal Fire: Susanville fuel break
Cal Fire develops fuel breaks in the Sierra Nevada to protect communities from wildfire.
Prescribed Fire for Weed Control
Cal Fire: Invasive Plant Management at Long Ranch
Marshall Long and Cal Fire conduct invasive weed control burns on the Long Ranch in Mariposa.
Controlling Yellow Star Thistle with Fire
UCCE Advisor Scott Oneto demonstrates the use of fire to control Yellow Star Thistle.
Cultural Burning
Lessons from cultural burning
North Fork Mono tribal leader, Ron Goode, teaches UC Davis students about cultural burning.
fighting fire with fire: Cultural burning practices
The North Fork Mono Tribe burns sourberry in Mariposa County, CA.
tending the wild: cultural Burning
Historically, native tribes tended the wild with fire. That tradition continues today.
native fire
The National Interagency Fire Center presents "Native Fire," an overview of cultural burning.
Educating the Next Generation
fireworks: oak Woodlands, Training Session 1
An introduction to forest and fire science is covered in Unit 1 of the Fireworks Curriculum.
Fireworks: oak Woodlands, training session 2
The physics of fire is covered in Unit 2 of the Fireworks curriculum.
Fireworks: oak woodlands, training session 3
Wildfire preparedness is covered in Unit 3 of the Fireworks curriculum.