Brian Woodward, PhD
@woodcology.bsky.social
UC Extension Forest Advisor working in Santa Cruz Mtns, CA and surrounds. Forests. Fire. Ecology. Redwoods. Resilience. Spatial Analysis.
I also really love the ocean and being outdoors.
I also really love the ocean and being outdoors.
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Five years ago today, CA faced one of its most devastating fire sieges.
Aug. 15, 2020: a rare dry lightning storm ignited hundreds of wildfires—burning 4.2M acres over four months, destroying communities, claiming lives, and changing landscapes forever. (1/3)
#CALFIRE #FireSiege2020
Aug. 15, 2020: a rare dry lightning storm ignited hundreds of wildfires—burning 4.2M acres over four months, destroying communities, claiming lives, and changing landscapes forever. (1/3)
#CALFIRE #FireSiege2020
August 15, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Five years ago today, CA faced one of its most devastating fire sieges.
Aug. 15, 2020: a rare dry lightning storm ignited hundreds of wildfires—burning 4.2M acres over four months, destroying communities, claiming lives, and changing landscapes forever. (1/3)
#CALFIRE #FireSiege2020
Aug. 15, 2020: a rare dry lightning storm ignited hundreds of wildfires—burning 4.2M acres over four months, destroying communities, claiming lives, and changing landscapes forever. (1/3)
#CALFIRE #FireSiege2020
Banana slug feeding on a hypoxylon fungus on the side of a dead tanoak in a lightly burned area of Pescadero Creek Park, San Mateo County, CA.
July 9, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Banana slug feeding on a hypoxylon fungus on the side of a dead tanoak in a lightly burned area of Pescadero Creek Park, San Mateo County, CA.
Field season has begun in the Santa Cruz Mountains! Our crew of 4 will be working across 15 different sites to establish plots for a permanent stewardship monitoring program. Couldn’t be more excited to be working w. this amazing set of early career scientists (my 1st grant funded crew!)
June 12, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Field season has begun in the Santa Cruz Mountains! Our crew of 4 will be working across 15 different sites to establish plots for a permanent stewardship monitoring program. Couldn’t be more excited to be working w. this amazing set of early career scientists (my 1st grant funded crew!)
I hope to see many of you at the California Forest Science Symposium in Sacramento next week. I will be leading a moderated session on coast redwood forest fire science and management with an amazing panel including Nadia Hamey, Jared Childress, Tori Norville, and David Cowman. See you there!
March 21, 2025 at 5:15 PM
I hope to see many of you at the California Forest Science Symposium in Sacramento next week. I will be leading a moderated session on coast redwood forest fire science and management with an amazing panel including Nadia Hamey, Jared Childress, Tori Norville, and David Cowman. See you there!
I will be recruiting for one 850 hour forest research crew lead and 4-5 500 hour technicians over the coming month. All positions are located in Santa Cruz Mountains. Official recruitment still going through HR but interested folks can send me their resume and questions at bdwoodward@ucanr.edu.
March 7, 2025 at 11:13 PM
I will be recruiting for one 850 hour forest research crew lead and 4-5 500 hour technicians over the coming month. All positions are located in Santa Cruz Mountains. Official recruitment still going through HR but interested folks can send me their resume and questions at bdwoodward@ucanr.edu.
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Ponderosa pine woodlands make me feel like the future is worth fighting for
February 1, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Ponderosa pine woodlands make me feel like the future is worth fighting for
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I’m teaching a class about the history of colonialism, resource extraction, wildfire, and labor camps in the Santa Cruz Mountains for the California Tree School this spring.
🌲🌲🔥 April 5, 2025, Felton, CA. @ucanr.bsky.social
🌲🌲🔥 April 5, 2025, Felton, CA. @ucanr.bsky.social
December 18, 2024 at 5:41 PM
I’m teaching a class about the history of colonialism, resource extraction, wildfire, and labor camps in the Santa Cruz Mountains for the California Tree School this spring.
🌲🌲🔥 April 5, 2025, Felton, CA. @ucanr.bsky.social
🌲🌲🔥 April 5, 2025, Felton, CA. @ucanr.bsky.social
Registration for CA Tree School in Santa Cruz County is officially OPEN! Reg closes in March and the event is April 5th in Felton! Students get to choose from over 25 classes for a day of forestry education like no other. This event is SO COOL. ucanr.edu/sites/forest...
California Tree School
Forest Research and Outreach- California Tree School
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December 18, 2024 at 4:23 PM
Registration for CA Tree School in Santa Cruz County is officially OPEN! Reg closes in March and the event is April 5th in Felton! Students get to choose from over 25 classes for a day of forestry education like no other. This event is SO COOL. ucanr.edu/sites/forest...
A twist in our invasive shothole borer (ISHB) infestation in Santa Cruz County... the beetle-pathogen complex in Felton has been positively identified as Euwallacea interjectus–Fusarium floridanum. This represents a new shothole borer species introduction in California (and the US west coast).
December 11, 2024 at 5:39 PM
A twist in our invasive shothole borer (ISHB) infestation in Santa Cruz County... the beetle-pathogen complex in Felton has been positively identified as Euwallacea interjectus–Fusarium floridanum. This represents a new shothole borer species introduction in California (and the US west coast).
Hard to decide what’s more impressive… the sunset or the deer on the edge of this massive coastal cliff.
December 7, 2024 at 6:03 PM
Hard to decide what’s more impressive… the sunset or the deer on the edge of this massive coastal cliff.
Please save the date for the Santa Cruz Session of California #TreeSchool. April 5th, 2025 in Felton. We have over 25 classes on forests, management, wildfire, nature art and ecology taught by regional/global experts. Students choose 4 classes for the day. Reg. opens soon $70, scholarships available
December 5, 2024 at 8:44 PM
Please save the date for the Santa Cruz Session of California #TreeSchool. April 5th, 2025 in Felton. We have over 25 classes on forests, management, wildfire, nature art and ecology taught by regional/global experts. Students choose 4 classes for the day. Reg. opens soon $70, scholarships available
Kick back and soak it all in
December 1, 2024 at 6:30 PM
Kick back and soak it all in
Good to be back home in Rio Del Mar
December 1, 2024 at 5:15 AM
Good to be back home in Rio Del Mar
Peak moss season in the Santa Cruz mountains. Also, get out there, the maples and black oaks are near peak color!
November 28, 2024 at 12:10 AM
Peak moss season in the Santa Cruz mountains. Also, get out there, the maples and black oaks are near peak color!
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November 27, 2024 at 1:21 AM
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Welcome back, Monarch butterflies.🦋
November 27, 2024 at 2:07 AM
Welcome back, Monarch butterflies.🦋
November 24, 2024 at 5:17 PM