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RESOURCES FOR IMPLEMENTING

Find information here about types of professionals you may work with, planning and mapping tools, Indigenous perspectives on implementation, and supporting land stewardship workers.

Professionals you may work with

Start with this great resource page from Sonoma County Forest Conservation Working Group, which points you to specific types of professionals based on the work you want to do.

 

Registered Professional Forester. A description of what RPFs do. See this list from Sonoma County Forest Conservation Working Group.

Botanist. Assesses in detail the plant species of a site. 

Restoration ecologist. Re-establishes native plant communities and/or topography, often using earth-moving and replanting. 

Landscape designer or architect. For when design and aesthetics is important. Sonoma County examples: 

Certified arborist. Manages individual trees for health and safety. See this directory from American Society of Consulting Arborists

Burn boss. Oversees planning, permitting, and implementation of broadcast burns. In Sonoma County, start with Fire Forward or your local fire district

Rangeland Manager. Advises on grazing. In Sonoma County, start with your local RCD, either Sonoma RCD or Gold Ridge RCD, or UCCE (cesonoma@ucanr.edu or 707-565-2621).

Crews who do vegetation management/land stewardship. Sonoma County examples: 

“A forester is like any other contractor. You have to do your homework, find one who has the portfolio you like. You have to shop around. It’s not easy. Remember that they work for you.”

–Mike Jones, UC Cooperative Extension forestry advisor, Registered Professional Forester

Organizations you may work with

Watershed groups or other land-oriented non-profits focused on your location, such as the Upper Mark West Creek Watershed Group, Bohemian Collaborative in the Dutch Bill Creek watershed, or Sonoma Ecology Center in Sonoma Valley

Resource Conservation Districts (RCDs), either Sonoma RCD or Gold Ridge RCD

Fire Safe Councils, homeowner associations, neighborhood- or road-based groups, or similar landowner groups

UC Cooperative Extension Sonoma County (also called UC ANR) provides advisory and technical assistance on forest health, rangeland management, forest and oak woodland stewardship, wildfire, prescribed fire, policy, permitting, and related topics. Their website has information, or contact an advisor for specific needs. Email cesonoma@ucanr.edu or call 707-565-2621 to inquire. 

Fire Safe Sonoma, and their Fire Safe Alliance of landowner groups

California Native Plant Society

Planning and mapping tools

Worker well-being

Tribal, Indigenous, and Native perspectives

General Information Source Databases

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