Santa Barbara County is known for its temperate Mediterranean climate with consistent periods of prolonged drought. The local weather patterns combined with the adjacent steep mountains dominated by seasonally flammable grasses and chaparral, provide the conditions...
If We Imagine A Layer Of Vegetation Added To The Topography, We Have The Second Influence-the Fuel. It Is The Source Of Thermal Energy And The Driving Force Behind The Phenomena Of Fire Behavior.
Along the Pacific coastline, beneath the ridges and canyons of the Santa Ynez Mountains, Santa Barbara, California enjoys some of the earth’s most favorable weather.
Ethnographic interviews and historical literature reviews provide evidence that for many tribes of California, chaparral plant communities were a rich source of food, medicines, and technologies and that they supplemented natural fires with deliberate burning of...
This summary of climate and climate driven trends in southern California is a product of the Forest Service’s Pacific Southwest Region Ecology Program.
The SBCFSC seeks a part-time (10-hours/week) Project Manager to oversee project deliverables for Calfornia's Wildfire Prevention Grant. View the position outreach HERE for more information. Application deadline is July 1, 2022.