Gathering Together: A Community Discussion on the Impacts of the Recent Wildfires - Lisa Micheli, President and CEO, Pepperwood Foundation This presentation was given during a workshop at the Bay Area Open Space Council's November Gathering on Thursday, November 16, 2017 at the David Brower Center in Berkeley, CA. More info on the Bay Area Open Space Council's blog: http://openspacecouncil.org/2017novgathering/

1. Key science questions
in the wake of the flames
Lisa Micheli
November 16, 2017
Bay Area Open Space Gathering
photo: David Ackerly

2. What were the drivers and controls on fire
behavior and burn intensity?
Did pre-fire treatments make any difference?
What is meaningful to assess in the field?

3. What can our Sentinel Site sensor network tell us?

4. Preliminary LANDSAT
analysis courtesy of
Matt Clark,
Sonoma State University
What can remote sensing tell us?
© Steve Ting/GBBC

5. How will our watersheds respond in terms
of erosion, water quantity and quality?

6. Which trees are going to die?
What will emerge in the understory?
Imagery: Mike Koontz (UCD)
Cartography: Celeste Dodge, Pepperwood
Lilium rubescens

7. How are our grasslands going to respond?

8. What is the process of reset and recovery of
chaparral?
Will we see any rare fire-followers?

9. What are the impacts on wildlife?

10. What will be the net effect on fuel loads and risk of
future fire? Flood risks? Drought resilience?
Can we inform extreme event-smart strategies for
rebuilding our community?

11. Can the Sentinel Site serve as a hub for an
AlertNorthBay fire detection network?
Thank you first
responders!

12. awesome science affiliates!
Scott Stephens,
UCB
Sasha Berleman,
Audubon Canyon
Ranch
Lisa Bentley, Matt
Clark, Claudia Luke,
SSU
David Ackerly, UCB
Brock Dolman,
OAEC
Prahlada Papper,
UCB
Meagan Oldfather,
UCB
Fred Euphrat, SRJC
and many more!
Graham Kent, UNR
Trevor Hebert, Stanford-
Jasper Ridge

14. Thank you!
lmicheli@pepperwoodpreserve.org
#sonomastrong