A Personal Perspective On California Forestry

J. Keith GillessDean & Professor of Forest Economics

2/9/16

College ofNatural ResourcesUniversity of California, Berkeley

Outline

• Fire & Drought• Biomass• Carbon• Policy

Large, High-Intensity Fires

King Fire 2014 Rim Fire 2013

Drought Mortality

Biomass Plants

Tittman (2015)

Renewable Energy in CA

Tittman (2015)

Accounting Frameworks Vary

(Figures from presentation by Stewart to the California Board of Forestry & Fire

Protection 2015)

Note: This slide and remaining slides in this talk all come from the work of Bill Stewart at UCB.

(Stewart 2015 BOF)

(Stewart 2015 BOF)

Live Carbon Measurements Mask Mortality/Removals Differences

Policy Priorities (Personal)

• Vegetation Treatment Program EIR• California Forest Carbon Plan• Working Forest Management Plan Rules• Road Rules• Effectiveness Monitoring