Video – “Living with Fire: Fire Ecology of the Central Coast” Dec. 6, 2018, Santa Cruz Public Library

“Living with Fire: Fire Ecology of the Central Coast” – a talk by Lee Klinger

Living with fire: The fire ecology of the Central Coast

On Thursday, December 6, 2018 I’ll be presenting and discussing the fire ecology of the Central Coast at the Santa Cruz Public Library (224 Church St.) starting at 6:30 pm. Topics will include the California native people’s use of fire in land management, modern fire regimes, fire mimicry, and the role of climate change. For more information on this free event see: https://www.santacruzpl.org/news/permalink/793/

Sudden Oak Life talk and discussion on October 13, 2018

For those of you interested in learning more about an ecological vs. pathological approach to Sudden Oak Death, please attend my talk and discussion on Saturday, October 13, 2018, 10 – 12 noon at Lyngso Garden Materials, San Carlos, CA. The talk is free but you must register at:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sudden-oak-life-registration-50423488010

Announcing “Sudden Oak Life: The Science & Practice of Forest Restoration”, a training course sponsored by Gaia University

Please let me share with you an important announcement! As you may know for over 10 years I have been working with a committed group of people to heal sick trees using a technique called fire mimicry, which is based on traditional approaches to land and tree care by indigenous peoples. Thankfully, our efforts have resulted in a rapid and strong recovery of many hundreds of oaks and other trees, as documented here at the Sudden Oak Life website (www.suddenoaklife.org).

Still, there are countless more trees that need our help, requiring more practitioners who are called to heal these trees. Through the years I have been encouraged to establish a training program for new professionals to implement this work over wider areas. Well, that day has come.

I’m pleased to announce the establishment of my course “Sudden Oak Life: The Science and Practice of Forest Restoration” sponsored by Gaia University, beginning March 21, 2018. This course is designed to give folks the knowledge and skills to establish or expand their own practice of tending and healing trees. Details and registration can be found here: http://gaiauniversity.org/sol/

The course consists of both an online portion (March 21 – June 11, 2018) and a 5-day hands-on practicum (Oct. 15 – 19, 2018), which will be held in the foothills of the Santa Lucia Mountains in the Central California coastal ecosystem.

Whether or not you are personally interested in this course I would greatly appreciate your efforts to share this post with your nature-minded friends.

Many Kind Thanks,

Lee Klinger, Big Sur, CA

 

 

Sudden Oak Life workshop hosted by UCSC Arboretum on March 3, 2018

I’ll be presenting a Sudden Oak Life workshop at the University of California Santa Cruz Arboretum on Saturday, March 3, 10 am – 4 pm. Come learn the practice of healing oaks. It’s a hands-on workshop! Details are here: https://arboretum.ucsc.edu/news-events/events/sudden-oak-life.html

Upcoming talk – “The cultural modification of trees and forests by California’s Native Peoples”

Culturally modified madrone tree in Big Sur, CA

In January 2018 I will be giving a talk “The cultural modification of trees and forests by California’s Native Peoples“, co-sponsored by the Sempervirens Fund and REI. Details of the talk are here. The talk is free but you will need to sign up through Eventbrite. Hope to see you there!

 

Sudden Oak Life workshops – March & April 2012

For those who are interested in learning about the latest science and findings regarding the use of fire mimicry techniques to address issues of oak health, you are welcome to attend one of these upcoming workshops in the Bay area:

Thursday, March 29, 2012 – 7 to 10 pm – Oakland, CA. More info here: http://www.facebook.com/events/364998010207151/

Tuesday, April 3, 2012 – 5 to 7 pm – Mountain View, CA. More info here: http://www.builditgreen.org/en/cev/463

Saturday, April 28, 2012 – 1:30 to 3 pm – Redwood City, CA. More info here: http://www.lyngsogarden.com/index.cfm?event=Event.Details.Page&EventId=71078

Please feel welcome to come learn and participate in these discussions.