Join the Berkeley Forests Team!
The application window for Berkeley Forests Crew Leads and Forest Resource Assistants has opened!
Prescribed burn was first at Whitaker’s Forest in half a century
Berkeley Forests researchers who manage Whitaker’s Forest, as they intentionally set fire at the site for the first time in over 50 years. The prescribed burn was carried out to advance research as well as to serve as a maintenance treatment following a 2021 wildfire in the area.
Twenty-year study confirms California forests are healthier when burned — or thinned
Berkeley Forests researchers publish new findings as the historic Fire and Fire Surrogate Study enters its second decade.
Berkeley Forests Now Hiring for Summer 2024: Forest Resource Assistants and Crew Leads
Berkeley Forests is seeking crew members and leads for our seasonal field crews! All positions are full-time, paid, and temporary and will be based at Blodgett Forest or Whitaker's Forest with potential for travel throughout the state.
SJ Hall Lecture November 2023
Berkeley Forests and Rausser College of Natural Resources are very excited to welcome Magnus Thor, the Director of Research and Innovation at Skogforsk, the Forestry Research Institute of Sweden, for an in-person presentation at the David Brower C
CBS News Visits Stephens Lab Researchers in the Illilouette Basin
A decades-long experiment in Yosemite involving wildfires is showing researchers what a healthy forest should look like.
‘California is meant to burn': Experts teach landowners art of prescribed burns
Berkeley Forests welcomes UCANR prescribed burning classes at Blodgett Forest, providing critical traning to private forest landowners in California.