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Swanton Pacific Ranch's Fuels and Vegetation Education (FAVE) program educates professionals about wildfire fuel mitigation and vegetation management approaches with the goal of increasing the pace and scale of fuels and vegetation management to build a more sustainable and fire resilient landscape for every Californian.

Funded by CALFIRE's Healthy Forest Initiative and the California Climate Initiative, the FAVE program offers webinars and field-based workshops in every corner of California. Our work to date has focused on training participants to improve their understanding of using the California Vegetation Treatment Program (CalVTP) with examples of successful projects in various locations. We have also helped participants to increase their knowledge and skill in the use of prescribed fire. And, we have featured webinars and field trainings focused on sharing lessons learned from fuels reductions projects in many different settings.

In the future, we will be featuring more emphasis on fuels reduction projects and prescribed burning. We are excited to offer the capstone course 'California Burn Boss Training' as well as pre-requisites. And, we will expand our geographical reach across California to feature leaders in vegetation management and the innovative ways that they approach projects that make ecosystems and Californians more resilient to wildfire.

If you have a project or initiative that you would like us to feature with one of our trainings, please drop us a line with your suggestion.

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Upcoming trainings:

May 9th, 2024: Chaparral and sage scrub management in the California Central Coast: balancing fire protection with environmental protection

This field event is focused on chaparral and sage scrub management in the California Central Coast.

May 20th, 2024: Planning for Fire Resilience in the Coastal Zone: A case study of Marin County

This field workshop is an opportunity to learn about planning for fire resilience in coastal California through a case study of Marin County.

June 8th, 2024: Forest Health and Fire Resiliency on the Jenner Headlands: An overview of forest management for landowners and communities

This field workshop is an opportunity to learn about vegetation management and fuels reduction through lessons learned at the Jenner Headlands preserve.

June 10th-14th, 2024: California State-Certified Prescribed Fire Burn Boss (CARX)

This in person classroom-based course provides information about and develops the skills required for planning and managing prescribed fire on State or private lands.

June 27th & June 29th, 2024: Soquel Demonstration State Forest: Timber Management, Forest Health, and Fire Safety

This field workshop is an opportunity to learn about what is happening at CAL FIRE's Soquel Demonstration State Forest to improve forest health, fire safety, and manage timber.