Prescribed Fire and Cultural Burning Resources:
Programs:
Prescribed Fire Training Exchanges (Trex) Programs-
Liability:
- In 2021, SB332 changed the liability standard for fire suppression costs related to prescribed fire.
- In 2023, the state of CA announced a $20 million Prescribed Fire Claims Fund, which will act like a state-backed insurance pool for prescribed/cultural burners and provide coverage where it has been lacking. To learn more, visit here.
- Prescribed and Cultural Fire Practitioners Certification Program: The California State-Certified Burn Boss (CARX) Program, provides special benefits and protections for those who are certified. See this PDF for more information.
Articles:
Fire Retardant in Waterways:
California fire officials are dropping more retardant as environmental advocates fume. Ryan Fonseco. LA Times. July 5, 2023
Judge says fire retardant drops are polluting streams but allows them to continue. Matthew Brown. Associated Press. May 26, 2023.
California's fire season has begun as debate over wildfire retardant heats up. Morning Edition, NPR. July 4, 2023.
Environmental group files lawsuit against US Forest Service over use of fire retardant. Bill Gabbert. Wildfire Today. October 12, 2022.
Additional Reading:
Can a $20-million liability fund encourage more ‘good fire’ in California?. Alex Wigglesworth. LA Times. June 24, 2023
Wildfire Smoke Cools Summer River and Stream Water Temperatures. Water Resources Research. David, A.T., J.E. Asarian, and F.K. Lake. 2018.
*Abstract only. No freely accessible online full-text version.
Aligning smoke management with ecological and public health goals. Journal of Forestry, J. W. Long, L. W. Tarnay, and M.P North 2018.
Factors influencing fire severity under moderate burning conditions in the Klamath Mountains, Northern California, USA. Ecosphere, 8(5), B.L Estes, E.E Knapp, C.N Skinner, J.D. Miller, and H.K. Preisler. 2017.
Managed Wildfire Effects on Forest Resilience and Water in the Sierra Nevada. Ecosystems. Boisramé, G., S. Thompson, B. Collins, and S. Stephens. 2016.
Wildfire may increase habitat quality for spring Chinook salmon in the Wenatchee River subbasin, WA, USA. Forest Ecology and Management, R.L. Flitcroft, J. A. Falke, G. H. Reeves, P.F. Hessburg, K. M. McNyset, and L. E Benda. 2016.
Fire and fish: A synthesis of observation and experience. B.E Rieman, R. E. Gresswell, and J. N. Rinne. 2012.
Long-term perspective on wildfires in the western USA. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, J.R Marlon, P. J. Bartlein, D. G. Gavin, C. J. Long, R. S. Anderson, C. E. Briles, et al. 2012.
Influences of Wildfire and Channel Reorganization on Spatial and Temporal Variation in Stream Temperature and the Distribution of Fish and Amphibians, Dunham, J.B., A.E. Rosenberger, C.H. Luce, and B.E. Rieman. 2007.
Prehistoric fire area and emissions from California’s forests, woodlands, shrublands, and grasslands, S.L. Stephens, R.E. Martin, and N.E. Clinton, 2007.
Presentations:
From the 40th Annual Salmonid Restoration Conference in Fortuna, CA (April 25, 2023)
- Fire and Water by Margo Robbins, Audio Recording
- Fire and Landscape Change in California by Carl Skinner, Video Recording with slides
