Prescribed Fire Resources

Community Wildfire Protectin Plan Siskiyou County

Returning Fire to the Land-Celebrating Traditional knowledge and Fire

In this article the authors found that North American tribes have traditional knowledge about fire effects on ecosystems, habitats, and resources. For millennia, tribes have used fire to promote valued resources. They found that sharing their collective understanding of fire, derived from traditional and western knowledge systems, can benefit landscapes and people.

California Wildfire and Forest Resilience Action Plan

Fire Ecology of the North American Mediterranean-Climate Zone

 North America’s Mediterranean climate zone (NAMCZ) includes most of California, southwestern Oregon, a slice of western Nevada, and northwestern Baja California, Mexico. Climatically, the world’s Mediterranean climate regions are unique because the wet season is concurrent with the cold season, and the warm, dry season is akin to an annual drought of 3–7 months. See Chapter 9.

Forestry Resources

USFS Postfire Restoration Framework for Forests in California

This report presents a framework to guide the development of postfire restoration on national forests in California. The framework is founded on a set of guiding principles and a five-step process that leads to the development of a restoration portfolio that can inform project planning and monitoring. 

UCANR Planning and Permitting Forest Fuel Reduction Projects in CA. 

This publication present some key considerations and insights into selecting the appropriate permit to facilitate fuel-reduction projects on private lands and offers some insights into permitting larger fuel projects that involve multiple owners or multiple funding sources.