Hopland REC

 Hi! My name is Hennessy Jones, and I will be one of Hopland Research and Extension Center’s new GrizzlyCorps fellows for the next year. Over the year, I’ll be working with HREC staff and the Quercus Collaborative to further research and assist with oak woodland regeneration, as well as coordinate…

The UC Hopland Research and Extension Center invites the community to its first-ever California Oak Discovery Day on Saturday, Oct. 11. Free; registration required.

Christopher Chen, UC Cooperative Extension integrated vineyard systems advisor for Lake, Mendocino and Sonoma counties, works to ensure that the vineyards that produce the region’s world-renowned wines can thrive amid the challenges of climate change, wildfires and water scarcity.

In the winegrape vineyards of northern California, fire and its associated smoke pose a unique threat in the form of smoke-taint damage to the fruit. A preliminary study looks at whether prescribed burning as a fire prevention method poses a risk to winegrape crops.

The University of California Hopland Research and Extension Center (HREC) is working in partnership with CAL FIRE to implement a 10-year Vegetation Management Plan (VMP) of annual prescribed burns for fuel reduction, public safety, ecosystem health, research and education.