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Innovations in Forest Management: Spotlight on California
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California's forests and communities are facing unprecedented threats from catastrophic wildfire in the face of a changing climate. In response, the State of California, in partnership with the United States Forest Service, has made a commitment to increase the pace and scale of forest management in California to 1 million acres annually. CAL FIRE's (California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection) Wood Products and Bioenergy Team is addressing the challenges of growing the forest-sector infrastructure and workforce needed to accommodate this increase in pace and scale with both grants and technical support. The Team has supported approximately 100 projects totaling nearly $100 million in investment since 2022. This webinar highlights three of the brightest forest-sector innovators that the Wood Products and Bioenergy Team is supporting.
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Is this webinar for you?
This webinar is appropriate for working foresters and forestry professionals both. Anyone invested in emerging forestry innovations, or just curious about the application of technology in the industry, are welcomed to learn more.
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Webinar access
The webinar is scheduled for live viewing on October 23, 2024 at 1:00 pm ET. The Zoom Webinar platform will be used for the presentation. Be sure to connect to the webinar using a device approved to access Zoom.
The webinar is accessible within the Contents tab (to the right of the Overview information).
Webinar duration
This webinar is 1 hour and 30 minutes.
Learning objectives
Upon successful completion of this webinar, you will be able to:
1. Discuss how CAL FIRE programs are contributing to the increase in pace and scale of forest management in California.
2. Explain how public-private partnerships have been employed in California in order to increase forest sector capacity.
3. Highlight specific examples of how public-private partnerships are bolstering California's forest sector.
Rubric
Successful completion of the webinar is measured by viewing the entire webinar and completing the evaluation.
Evaluation
Participant feedback is appreciated to help the Community of Interest and presenters continually improve webinars for future programming.
CFEs
Upon successful completion of this webinar, you will earn 1.5 CFEs in Category 1. CFEs will automatically be added to your CFE record located on www.eforester.org.
Certificate
Upon successful completion of this webinar and the evaluation, participants may download and print a certificate verifying completion of the webinar and earning CFEs. CFEs will be uploaded to participant CFE records by the end of the day (11:59 pm ET).
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Anukool Lakhina
CEO
BurnBot
Anukool Lakhina holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science and is the co-founder & CEO of BurnBot, a company accelerating fuels treatment to prevent destructive wildfires. Prior to BurnBot, Anukool was the founder & CEO of a data analytics company, Guavus, which was acquired by Thales in 2017. Since 2017, Anukool has been focused on solutions to the wildfire crisis. In addition to BurnBot, Anukool and his wife run Wonder Labs, a social enterprise supporting communities on the front-line of wildfire impacts. Anukool is also a Partner at Convective Capital, a venture capital fund backing entrepreneurs tackling the wildfire crisis.
Andy Miller
CEO
Loamist
Andy Miller is the CEO & Co-Founder of Loamist along with Pete Christensen. As CEO, Andy leads product, engineering, and strategy for the company. With a background in bioengineering and industrial design, Andy brings a unique blend of engineering, design, and entrepreneurship to the table, having been a founder or early hire at four successful mission-driven startups prior to Loamist. He received his B.S. in Bioengineering from Rice University. He then spent two decades making impactful products that have been featured in Vogue, CNN, Wired, the New York Times. He has acquired 18 patents, and his products are recognized by three Red Dot Design Awards.
Merritt Jenkins
CEO
Kodama Systems
Merritt Jenkins is Co-Founder and CEO of Kodama Systems, a Sonora-based forestry technology company developing tools to improve the productivity of forest thinning and logging operations. Kodama is leveraging machine autonomy and satellite connectivity to enable operators to control machines off-site, improving both safety and economics of logging operations. Merritt has a B.S. from Dartmouth College, an M.S. in robotics from Carnegie Mellon, and an M.B.A. from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Justin Britton (Moderator)
Wood Products Operations Forester
California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
Justin Britton is the Operations Forester for CAL FIRE’s Wood Products and Bioenergy Team. He supports project management efforts with interested existing business and workforce development grantees. Justin joined CAL FIRE in 2019 as an inaugural forester in the Climate and Energy Program. Prior to CAL FIRE, Justin practiced as a Registered Professional Forester in California’s private industry, managing timberlands in northern California. Justin earned a B.S. in Forestry from Southern Illinois University Carbondale and a M.S. in Forest Ecology from Utah State University.
Adam Polinko (Moderator)
Silviculture Community of Interest Chair-elect
Mississippi State University
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