Archived Workshops/References
Central Coast Fire Learning Network
Description
In 2008, wild fires on California's Central Coast consumed thousands of acres and affected many, many lives. While responses to the fires were largely positive and productive, there are many lessons to be learned and much information to share to improve responses in the future. And so, conservation groups are joining with fire safety organizations through the Central Coast Fire Learning Network in order to improve fire safety while conserving biological diversity. The Elkhorn Slough Coastal Training Program and the University of California at Santa Cruz’ Arboretum are partnering in this endeavor to organize and facilitate the group, which meets monthly to hear presentations, review information, and share experiences. For information and to sign up for news about the group, please email Brett Hall at the Arboretum: brett’at’ucsc.edu
Training Programs
Central Coast Fire Learning Network Steering Committee Meeting |
Documents and Publications
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WORKSHOP MATERIALS | ||
Fire Safety and the Environment: Audience Needs Assessment DOC, 1.3MB Jul 07 09 |
Dr. Grey Hayes Elkhorn Slough Coastal Training Program Spring 2009 |
This is an educational needs assessment on fire and the environment distributed to 1800 individuals and organizations on California's Central Coast in Spring 2009. We received 234 responses, and this report is a summary of our findings. |
Presentation: Evolution and Distribution of Archostaphylos. PDF, 598KB Jun 30 05 |
T. Parker Elkhorn Slough Coastal Training Program Workshop 2003 |
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Presentation: Fire and maritime chaparral in Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo Counties. PDF, 1MB Jun 30 05 |
D. Odion & C. Tyler Elkhorn Slough Coastal Training Program Workshop 2003 |
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PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS | ||
Are long fire-free periods needed to maintain the endangered, fire-recruiting shrub Arctostaphylos morroensis(Ericaceae)? PDF, 259KB Jun 30 05 |
Odion, D. and C. Tyler Conservation Ecology, 6(2):4 2002 |
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Canopy Fuel Treatment Standards for the Wildland-Urban Interface PDF, 96KB Feb 24 09 |
Joe H. Scott USDA Forest Service Proceedings (RMRS-P-29), 29-38 2003 |
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Fire History in Coast Redwood Stands in the Northeastern Santa Cruz Mountains, California PDF, 977KB Feb 24 09 |
Scott L. Stephens and Danny L. Fry Fire Ecology 1(1):2-19 2005 |
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Landscape-Level Strategies for Forest Fuel Management PDF, 399KB Feb 24 09 |
C. Phillip Weatherspoon and Carl N. Skinner
Sierra Nevada Ecosystem Project: Final report to Congress, Vol 2., Chapter 56, 1471-1492 1996 |
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Maritime chaparral community transition in the absence of fire. PDF, 248KB Jun 30 05 |
Van Dyke, E., K. D. Holl, and J. R. Griffin Madrono 48:221-229 2001 |
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Performance of Fuel Treatments Subjected to Wildfires PDF, 467KB Feb 24 09 |
Erik J. Martinson and Philip N. Omi USDA Forest Service Proceedings (RMRS-P-29), 7-14 2003 |
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Use of a Deterministic Fire Growth Model to Test Fuel Treatments PDF, 764KB Feb 24 09 |
JAN W. VAN WAGTENDONK Sierra Nevada Ecosystem Project: Final report to Congress, vol. II, chapter 43, 1155-1165 1996 |
This is chapter 43 in the Sierra Nevada Ecosystem Project: Final report to Congress, vol. II, Assessments and scientific basis for management options. Davis: University of California, Centers for Water and Wildland Resources, 1996 |
OTHER INFORMATION | ||
Educational Opportunities about Fire Safety and the Environment: Audience Needs Assessment PDF, 344KB Jul 13 09 |
Grey Hayes, PhD Elkhorn Slough Coastal Training Program Spring 2009 |
This document summarizes attitudes and educational needs from a range of audiences on wildfire effects on human safety and environmental health. The data is used to help design Coastal Training Program events. |
Monterey County Draft Community Wildfire Protection Plan PDF, 6.4MB Feb 23 09 |
Dudeck and Monterey County Fire Safe Council Elkhorn Slough Coastal Training Program January 2009 |
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National FCAMMS Smoke Dispersion Forecast Guidance PDF, 704KB Jul 22 09 |
A Partnership Between the Desert Research Institute and the USFS AirFire Team http://cefa.dri.edu/FCAMMS July 15, 2009 |
Introduces a valuable model that forecasts the movement of smoke from wild or prescribed fires. |
Sensitive plant species associated with maritime chaparral in California DOC, 138KB Jun 30 05 |
Elkhorn Slough Coastal Training Program Maritime Chaparral Workshop 2003 |
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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Fire Management Program Wildland-Urban Interface Cooperative Agreement PDF, 223KB Jan 08 09 |
County of Santa Cruz and US Fish and Wildlife USFWS June 24, 2008 |
Links
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An example of biological conservation/fire safety partnerships on the Central Coast http://www.montereycountyweekly.com/archives/2009/2009-Jan-08/enviros-and-forest-service-forge-new-alliance-in-fire-management/1/@@index |
Jan 08 09 |
Santa Cruz County Planning Department - 2008 Fire Response and Preparation Website http://www.sccoplanning.com/html/devrev/firerebuild.htm |
Feb 26 09 |
Santa Cruz County RCD: Fire Do's and Don't's http://www.rcdsantacruz.org/PDF/Resources/fireprevention/FIRESummitDosDontsRESTORATION.pdf |
Feb 26 09 |
The 'other' network: The Nature Conservancy's Fire Learning Network http://tncfire.org/training_usfln.htm |
Feb 26 09 |
Fire Safe Council Website http://www.firesafecouncil.org/ |
Feb 26 09 |
California Chaparral Institute Website http://www.californiachaparral.com/ |
Feb 26 09 |
California Fire Alliance Website http://www.cafirealliance.org/ |
Feb 26 09 |
Santa Cruz County FAQ on Clearing for Defensible Space http://www.santacruzcountyplanning.com/html/devrev/defspace_faq.htm |
Mar 06 09 |
CDF CalFire Defensible Space Guidelines http://www.fire.ca.gov/cdfbofdb/PDFS/4291finalguidelines2_23_06.pdf |
Mar 07 09 |
Fire Safe California Grants Clearinghouse Website http://grants.firesafecouncil.org/ |
Jul 22 09 |