Join the Berkeley Forests Team!
Berkeley Forests is hiring a Facility Maintenance and Heavy Equipment Operator to work across our network of research forests.
Living with California's Intense Wildfires
Berkeley Forests Co-Director, Dr. Scott Stephens, joins KQED's Newsroom to discuss how California residents and firefighters are adapting to the hundreds of fires that have burned more than a million acres in California this year.
Wildfires Force Thousands to Evacuate, Worsen Air Quality across Bay Area
Berkeley Forests Co-Director Scott Stephens joins KQED's Forum to discuss the impacts of the multiple fires burning around the San Francisco Bay Area.
Fire management helps conserve seasonally dry forests
In a study published in Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment today, environmental science, policy, and management professor Scott Stephens and co-authors investigate the role which fire and restoration thinning could play in restoring California’s forests.
Berkeley Forests COVID-19 Updates
In accordance with the current guidance from both UC Berkeley and the state of California re: COVID-19, Berkeley Forests offices will be closed, with staff and faculty working remotely until May 3rd.
2020 William Main Seminar Series Schedule of Speakers Announced
Speakers and schedule for the 2020 William Main Seminar Series, Investing in Global Forest Restoration: Opportunities and Challenges, have been announced.
Transforming Prescribed Fire Practices for California research proposal selected for a UC Laboratory Fees Research Program Award
Berkeley Forests is excited to be a collaborator on the recently awarded , UC Irvine-led, "Transforming Prescribed Fire Practices for California" research program. The proposed research will utilize Berkeley Forests' extensive network of research forests as collaboration sites for the project.