http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification 720 https://escholarship.org/uc/cal_forests/rss Recent eScholarship items from Berkeley Forests Fri, 15 May 2026 04:14:54 +0000 https://escholarship.org/uc/item/69x5m7fz The Sierra Nevada Adaptive Management Project (SNAMP) was a joint forest management assessment by the University of California, the University of Minnesota, the University of Wisconsin, state and federal agencies, and the public. SNAMP was created in response to uncertainty about forest fuels management in the Sierra Nevada and the controversy resulting from the United States Forest Service’s 2004 Sierra Nevada Framework that established the current legal boundaries for management prescriptions in the Sierra Nevada national forests. Broadly, SNAMP was formed to learn how to apply adaptive management as required in the 2004 Framework, with an emphasis on engaging the public in a meaningful way.  More specifically, SNAMP was designed to assess the efficacy of forest fuels management on potential fire behavior and the impacts of that management on three essential natural resources: forest ecosystem health, wildlife, and water, while incorporating participation by all interested... https://escholarship.org/uc/item/69x5m7fz Tue, 29 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000 Battles, John J Bales, Roger Fry, Danny Kelly, Maggi Peery, M. Z Sulak, Adriana Sweitzer, Rick Barrett, Reginald Collins, Brandon M Conklin, Martha Guo, Qinghua Gutierrez, R J. Huntsinger, Lynn Ingram, Kim Kocher, Susie Lei, Shufei Lombardo, Anne Martin, Sarah Purcell, Kathryn Ray, Ram Saksa, Phil Stephens, Scott L Tempel, Douglas J Thompson, Craig https://escholarship.org/uc/item/7kp9n1s8 Sierra Nevada Forest Restoration Works: A Summary of the Fire and Fire Surrogate Study https://escholarship.org/uc/item/7kp9n1s8 Tue, 2 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0000 Stephens, Scott L https://escholarship.org/uc/item/4s5803kp The California Wildfire & Forest Resilience Task Force (Task Force) has developed regionally-adapted resources to lessen wildfire risk to communities and enhance broader statewide ecosystem resilience. This includes a large set of metrics intended to support a wide range of organizations in prioritizing, planning and/or implementing management actions. The Science Advisory Panel to the Task Force (SAP) was asked to provide expert advice to inform the selection of a subset of “core” metrics for reporting outcomes and progress towards resilience goals. We used survey tools to collect and synthesize the scientific expertise of the SAP as well as other experts regarding existing “Regional Resource Kit” (RRK) metrics as well as potential suggested metrics. This report summarizes the survey process and results. We used two rounds of surveys to collect expert opinion on metrics. Round 1 asked respondents to 1) identify criteria for core metrics, 2) identify metrics from the Regional... https://escholarship.org/uc/item/4s5803kp Mon, 1 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0000 Eitzel, M.V. Battles, John Smith, Jennifer Ostoja, Steven