Protection of Shasta County Ranch Provides Agricultural, Educational, Wildlife, and Climate Resiliency Benefits
A California Climate Investments project profile on Ross Ranch, detailing how a ~$5.6 million SALC grant awarded to Shasta Land Trust in 2018 permanently protected the 854-acre working ranch from urban development. Highlights the conservation easement’s multiple co-benefits: agricultural use by cattle ranchers and beekeepers, carbon sequestration demonstration work with Point Blue Conservation Science, prescribed […]
The Art and Science of a Prescribed Burn: Firefighters and Ranchers Team Up at the Chamberlin Ranch
A Santa Barbara Independent article by Tyler Hayden reporting on a two-day, 80-acre prescribed burn conducted at the Ted Chamberlin Ranch in May 2021, in which Santa Barbara County Fire Department trained firefighters from 13 California agencies in wildland containment techniques while simultaneously reducing dangerous fuel loads on the property. The article covers the dual […]
Greening the Ranch and Feeding the People: Regenerative Agriculture at the Ted Chamberlin Ranch
A Bluedot Living article by Jim Miller profiling Russell Chamberlin and Mary Heyden, who co-manage the Ted Chamberlin Ranch, describing their incremental adoption of regenerative agriculture practices — including more frequent rotational grazing, compost application, prescribed burns, and direct-to-consumer beef sales — and the environmental and economic tradeoffs involved in transitioning an 8,000-acre cattle ranch […]
Prescribed Fire on Private Lands – Burn Planning Workshop
Foothill Fire Practitioner Workshop – Georgetown
Prescribed Fire 101 Workshop – Applegate
Fuels Treatments in the Wildland Urban Interface (WUI): Lessons Learned from the Tahoe Fire and Fuels Team
Central Coast CalTREX Spring 2023 Prescribed Fire Training Exchange
The CCTREX planning team is excited to announce the Central Coast Prescribed Fire Training Exchange (CalTREX) June 3-10 2023. The CCTREX will take place throughout the Monterey Bay region (San Benito, Monterey, Santa Cruz counties) and have a home base in the lovely Carmel Valley. CCTREX firelighters will engage in 8 days of burning and training on diverse lands, learning and working alongside fire practitioners, […]
Rx Fire 101 Workshop – Foresthill
Placer RCD is dedicated to equipping private landowners with the knowledge, skills, and confidence to implement low-complexity prescribed burns. Our workshop series is taught by local experts and is focused on teaching landowners how to conduct safe, legal, and ecologically beneficial prescribed burns. The workshops cover a variety of topics including permitting, liability, burn unit […]