Navigating the Public Perception of Prescribed Fires in California Written By: Johanna Flashman If you search the web for “California” and “prescribed fires,” most of what you’ll find is positive. There are authoritative .gov resources that define prescribed burning, explain the purpose, and provide current fire
Imagining a Future of Fire at Teakettle Experimental Forest With the Teakettle Prescribed Fire Project Written By: CWI Communications Consultant Amanda Monthei and Communications Intern Nory Land It’s well known that the Western Sierra is a fire-adapted landscape, and this region’s subalpine forests are an
The Data Scientist Revolutionizing Fire Data Science A Profile of CWI Board Member Ilkay Altintas Written by: Elaina Zachos On October 26, 2003, research scientist Ilkay Altintas was meeting with ecologists in Santa Barbara for a project. Around 10 a.m., she received a call
The Concentric Circles of Resilience Visualizing Resilient Action to Empower Californians By: CWI Communications Consultant Amanda Monthei Most of us who work within or adjacent to organizations that utilize the resilience framework have a pretty firm solid understanding of the term “resilience”. Yet, as
The Theory and Practice of Fuel Breaks By Andrew Johnson, PhD Candidate at UC Berkeley and Research Fellow at CWI In this month's blog, CWI's research fellow Andrew Johnson explores the efficacy of wildfire fuel breaks, from the perspective of both a researcher and a practitioner
Developing a Diverse Toolkit for Diverse Fire Regimes By Kendall Calhoun, PhD Candidate at UC Berkeley California witnessed one of its worst fire seasons ever recorded in 2020. Over 4 million acres burned across the state that year—more than twice the previous record. Amidst an already stressful year, these
The Stewardship Project: Developing Policy Pathways through Western Science and Indigenous Knowledge Exchange What would it look like for Indigenous and Western science to collaborate on solutions to the climate and wildfire issues we face? Beyond that—what policy solutions would encourage that collaboration and build a path to implementation? The Stewardship
CWI Launches Website, Prepares for 2023 with Focus on Five Major Project Areas With a new year approaching, the Climate & Wildfire Institute (CWI) thanks you for supporting our ongoing work to accelerate solutions that help build resilience in the face of increasingly destructive wildfire seasons.
Climate & Wildfire Institute and Elected Leaders Advance Climate Solutions at Annual Tahoe Summit In August, CWI Executive Director Caroline Godkin had the privilege of representing the Climate & Wildfire Institute at the 26th annual Lake Tahoe Summit, hosted this year by U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen at Sand Harbor, Nevada. It was
Future home of CWI: Envisioning a Physical Presence Anchored At Lake Tahoe CWI is working towards establishing its headquarters in the Lake Tahoe area, which has the infrastructure to support the Institute and is at the forefront of bi-state cooperation to limit wildfire hazards and improve forest health. To ensure consideration of
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