Berkeley Forests is Hiring!
Berkeley Forests is hiring a Facility Maintenance and Heavy Equipment Operator to be stationed at Blodgett Research Forest in Georgetown, CA.
Fuel Surplus Could Cause Another Destructive Wildfire Season
Scott Stephens, Berkeley Forests Co-Director, discusses how SB 462 may help landowners deal with higher-than-average fuel loads in 2020.
Is fire "for the birds”?
Berkeley Forests Co-Director Scott Stephens' newest publication examines how two rare species influence fire management across the US.
Berkeley Forests welcomes CAL FIRE Director Thom Porter
UC Berkeley Forestry alum Thom Porter spoke as part of the 2019 William Main Seminar Series.
Berkeley Forests is Hiring a Fire and Fuels Intern Forester (paid)!
Berkeley Forests is hiring a temporary (May-December 2019) full-time fire and fuels intern. This paid position will provide broad support towards acheiving the mission of facilitating research, deomonstration, and education at our network of forest research stations throughout California. The Fire and Fuels Intern Forester will work closely with professional forestry staff on a variety of projects and supervise field crews of 1 to 5 individuals.
Berkeley Forests is Hiring Forest Resource Assistants!
Berkeley Forests is seeking 2-4 Forest Resource Assistants to work at our network of forest research stations throughout California. These positions will provide a wide variety of work experience conducting both research and management activities, including experience towards becoming a California Registered Professional Forester.
Catastrophic fires are a reckoning for Californians and their ‘new normal.’ Has the state reached a tipping point?
After this year’s devastating Camp and Woolsey fires, which came on the heels of the landslides in Montecito and Santa Barbara, just months after the Thomas, Tubbs and Atlas fires, it seems a ripe time to ask whether the precarious balance we’ve held onto for so long has finally been lost.