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About the California Climate Hub

Our mission is to help California land users (farmers, ranchers, forest landowners, and tribes) and land managers maintain sustainable communities and ecosystems by adapting to climate variability and change. We welcome your input as we refine our goals, methods, and partners.
Lessons Learned: Wildfires in California's Wildland-Urban Interface
The USDA California Climate Hub partnered with UC Davis Environmental Policy and Management graduate students to compile lessons learned from California's most destructive wildfires within the wildland-urban interface and provide insights on opportunities to better protect our communities and environment.
From a Dec. 8, 2017, International Space Station flyover of Southern California, NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik photographed the plumes of smoke rising from wildfires
California Wildfires Information
This page contains links for information about California wildfires, and resources to help prepare for and recover from the impacts of fire.
Current California Drought Map
Current drought conditions for the California Region. The U.S. Drought Monitor is produced through a partnership between the National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, the USDA, and NOAA.

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Lessons Learned: Wildfires in California's Wildland-Urban Interface

The USDA California Climate Hub partnered with UC Davis Environmental Policy and Management graduate students to compile lessons learned from California's most destructive wildfires within the wildland-urban interface and provide insights on…

Dr. Lauren Parker, California Climate Hub Fellow

Dr. Parker’s current research examines the intersection of climate extremes and irrigation practices, primarily in wine grape vineyards and almond orchards. The goal of her work is to improve water use efficiencies and assess water demands under projected…

Reforestation Dialogues and Symposium - Supplemental Materials

Reforestation Dialogues and Symposium Presentations

Reforestation Dialogues and Symposium

Within the past decade, the state’s forests have experienced drastic changes due to destructive and severe wildfires, a 1,000-year drought, and the associated stressors that come with a changing climate. With a detailed understanding of the marked pace of…

Greenhouse gas mitigation and specialty crops

Agricultural practices in California specialty crops offer opportunities to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions and improve soil health and organic matter storage. Here, we review recent work on this topic, develop emission factors for nitrous oxide…


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