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Berkeley Forests is Hiring for the 2026 Season!

December 9, 2025
Interested in spending the summer working across our network of research forests? 2026 seasonal crew lead and crew member positions are now open!Read more about Berkeley Forests is Hiring for the 2026 Season!

‘California is meant to burn': Experts teach landowners art of prescribed burns

June 1, 2023

Berkeley Forests welcomes UCANR prescribed burning classes at Blodgett Forest, providing critical traning to private forest landowners in California.

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Join the Berkeley Forests Team!

December 9, 2024
Crew Lead Position AnnouncementRead more about Join the Berkeley Forests Team!

Prescribed burn was first at Whitaker’s Forest in half a century

November 5, 2024
Sunday, October 27, was a unique day for the Berkeley Forests researchers who manage Whitaker’s Forest, as they intentionally set fire at the site for the first time in over 50 years.Read more about Prescribed burn was first at Whitaker’s Forest in half a century

Twenty-year study confirms California forests are healthier when burned — or thinned

December 12, 2023
UC Berkeley researchers found that prescribed burning, restoration thinning can reduce wildfire risk and boost a forest’s resilience to climate change. And, using any combination of these treatments is far better than doing nothing.Read more about Twenty-year study confirms California forests are healthier when burned — or thinned

Berkeley Forests Now Hiring for Summer 2024: Forest Resource Assistants and Crew Leads

December 8, 2023
Gain unique forestry experience as a member of Berkeley Forests' seasonal crew!Read more about Berkeley Forests Now Hiring for Summer 2024: Forest Resource Assistants and Crew Leads

SJ Hall Lecture November 2023

November 16, 2023
Welcoming Magnus Thor from Skogforsk

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 Center in...Read more about SJ Hall Lecture November 2023

CBS News Visits Stephens Lab Researchers in the Illilouette Basin

August 16, 2023

A decades-long experiment in Yosemite involving wildfires is showing researchers what a healthy forest should look like.Read more about CBS News Visits Stephens Lab Researchers in the Illilouette Basin

IFSC Wildland Fires Webinar Series Announced

May 19, 2023

Berkeley Forests Co-Director, Dr. Scott Stephens, joins an international roster of subject matter experts and thought leaders to deliver a new series of free, open access educational video webinars on wildland fires, in partnership with Underwriters Laboratories’ Fire Safety Research...Read more about IFSC Wildland Fires Webinar Series Announced

Sierra Nevada Adaptive Management Experiment Now Hiring Crew Lead and Crew Members

May 5, 2023
Univ. of Nevada, Reno has openings on their AMEX crew conducting field work throughout the Sierra Nevada

The Adaptive Management Experiment (Univ. of Nevada, Reno) is hiring a crew lead and multiple crew members to work in recently reforested sites across the Sierra Nevada. The incumbents...Read more about Sierra Nevada Adaptive Management Experiment Now Hiring Crew Lead and Crew Members

Teaching Assistant Position at Berkeley Forestry Camp Now Open

January 11, 2023
Berkeley Forestry Field Program now hiring for seasonal teaching assistant

The Forestry Field Program (ESPM 105 A-D) is taught at the Forestry Summer Camp in the forests surrounding Meadow Valley, CA during the UC Berkeley summer session. Teaching Assistants for the program are employed through...Read more about Teaching Assistant Position at Berkeley Forestry Camp Now Open

Berkeley Forests Now Hiring for Summer 2023: Forest Resource Assistants and Intern Forester

December 15, 2022
Join the Berkeley Forests seasonal crew!

Berkeley Forests is seeking employees for our seasonal inventory and fuels crew and Intern Forester position. All positions are full-time, paid, and temporary and will be based at Blodgett Forest with potential for travel throughout the state. These...Read more about Berkeley Forests Now Hiring for Summer 2023: Forest Resource Assistants and Intern Forester