[Enviro-lunch] Today 4/25: Sam Prentice from the US Forest Service

[Jing Yan]

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Hello Everyone,
Please join us Todayfor this week's Enviro-Lunch talk by Sam Prentice a hydrologist from The US Forest Service at 12-1pm in room SE2-224.
Operationalizing Geoscience on Forest Soilscapes in the Climate Change Era
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Abstract: The Western US is in the midst of a hockey-stick style uptick in wildfire severity brought about by local ecosystem and global climate mismanagement. Protecting human systems from acute impacts requires a coordinated emergency response, while getting ahead of the problem requires significantly increasing the pace and scale of natural resource management in fire-prone neighborhoods and open landscapes. This talk will offer a primer on how post-industrial California land use patterns invited this dilemma, how modern geoscience is being operationalized in postfire response and ecosystem planning domains, and challenges to action in both. Open discussion and feedback will be welcome.

Bio: Sam Prentice is a wet, mostly semi-arid, scale-driven soil scientist working in managed landscapes. He has led and assisted a number of Best Management Practices (BMPs) research efforts throughout California including managing deltaic soils for mixed wildlife/fishery habitat, catchment-scale agroecology sustainability, nutrient buffering in dairy and forestry systems, and Lake Tahoe water clarity BMPs. Subsequent interest in upscaling and spatial integration led to work in soil survey, and eventually his current focus on operationalizing geoscience in public lands. Academics include a fellowship at Natural Resources Ecology Lab at Colorado State U., BS Int’l Agricultural Development (UC Davis), MA Geography (UCSB) with a focus on quantitative geomorphology and geospatial science, then Adjunct Prof in Soil Science, Biogeochemistry, and Physical Geography. Since 2001, he has worked as Soil Scientist and Hydrologist on seven National Forests in five Western states leading to current service as Hydrologist on the Sierra National Forest where he assists with post-drought forestry and wildfire issues. He can be found on twitter @geodirtdude

When: Today 4/25, 12pm – 1pm

Where: SE2-224

Coffee will be provided, please bring your own mugs.

We look forward to seeing you,

Jing & Jennifer

Organizers for Spring 2019: Jing Yan and Jennifer Alvarez
Faculty coordinator: Asmeret Asefaw Berhe

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