Director of University of California Ag and Natural Resources Fire Network, Women-in-Fire Training Exchanges (WTREX), and the Nor Cal Prescribed Fire Council.
Eureka, CA
Joined April 2012
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Lenya Quinn-Davidson retweeted
Is there a link between #ClimateChange & increasing risk/severity of #wildfire in California--including the still-unfolding disaster? Yes. Is climate change the only factor at play? No, of course not. So what's really going on? [Thread] #CAfire #CAwx #LAfires iopscience.iop.org/article/1…
Lenya Quinn-Davidson retweeted
UC ANR Fire Network Director @lenyaqd talks to @NPR about W-TREX and how it serves as an opportunity for women in the $fire industry to network with each other and experience firefighting in a space that's mostly female.
npr.org/2024/09/16/nx-s1-510…
Lenya Quinn-Davidson retweeted
Prepare an evacuation bag for every person in your household before a #wildfire and keep it easily accessible. #CaWX #ParkFire
The UC ANR Fire Network prepared a checklist of items you might need 🔽
ucanr.edu/sites/fire/Safety/…
@lenyaqd @ValachovicYana @lowseverityfire
ALT Wildfire evacuation. Preparing a go-bag
Lenya Quinn-Davidson retweeted
Conservation Conversations talked with @lenyaqd, director of the UCANR Fire Network, about prescribed fire, diversity in fire management, traditional cultural fire practices, and more.
Listen on Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
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Unlock the transformative power of fire on our latest podcast with @lenyaqd, a leader in wildfire management. Discover how we can protect our landscapes, encourage biodiversity, and return to a better balance with nature. #WildfireManagement naturesarchive.com/2024/01/2…
Lenya Quinn-Davidson retweeted
What happens when U.S. insurers stop covering prescribed burns? | Ensia ensia.com/features/prescribe…
Lenya Quinn-Davidson retweeted
Media is invited to the 10th International Fire Ecology & Management Congress in #Monterey, Dec. 4-8.
#Fire professionals will discuss new and creative ways to address wildfire-related challenges. @lenyaqd @ValachovicYana @UCsierraforest @SoCalFireGuy
ucanr.edu/News/?routeName=ne…
ALT A group of three people gathered to look at document.
Lenya Quinn-Davidson retweeted
“California’s Amazing Terminal Lakes,” by Peter B. Moyle. californiawaterblog.com/2023… #CAwater
ALT Figure 3. (Upper Left) Goose Lake drying up, 1992 . (Upper Right) Goose Lake 1989 on a windy afternoon. Canada geese in foreground. (Lower Left) Tadpole fairy shrimp (Triops longicaudatus) from Goose Lake. (Lower Right) Goose Lake lamprey (Entosphenus sp.). Photos by P.B. Moyle.
Lenya Quinn-Davidson retweeted
Researchers identified four key areas where supportive institutional and agency leadership can help expand prescribed fire in the region:
-Fire culture
-Funding
-Capacity building and cooperation
-Monitoring and adaptive management
@lenyaqd #FireSolutions
Prescribed burns can help reduce #wildfire risk & a new study suggests 4 ways to expand the use of the land management tool. spr.ly/6016uI4gn
Lenya Quinn-Davidson retweeted
New paper out on "overcoming obstacles" to #RxFire, co-authored by WTREX's very own lead organizer @lenyaqd ! 🔥
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Lenya Quinn-Davidson retweeted
“It totally substantiates what we already see on the ground and what we already know to be true, which is that low- to moderate-severity fire begets more of the same,” @lenyaqd, director of @ucanr Fire Network, tells @DanielleVenton @KQEDscience
New study finds that beneficial fires -- whether "prescribed" burns ignited on purpose of regular old low-intensity fires on the landscape -- can reduce the risk of high-intensity blazes by 64% for at least six years: kqed.org/science/1985230/sta… via @DanielleVenton
Lenya Quinn-Davidson retweeted
Crews just completed the final blast on Copco 2 Dam & removed the remaining concrete from the riverbed! With the dam gone & diversion infrastructure removed, the Klamath River can now flow freely through 1.7 miles of canyon, which had been without water since dam construction 🙌
ALT Before and after dam removal. 📸: Shane Anderson of Swiftwater Films
Lenya Quinn-Davidson retweeted
🔥 WTREX is part of a larger partnership within the movement for #GoodFire, known as The Fire Networks.
We recently launched a website, which includes info and resources about the partnership and each individual network.
🔗 Check out the WTREX page here!
firenetworks.org/wtrex/
Lenya Quinn-Davidson retweeted
The documentary Elemental continues to make the rounds, so I’ll recommend this review by the Association for Fire Ecology @fireecology :
fireecology.org/news/element…
Lenya Quinn-Davidson retweeted
ON FIRE: The Report of the Wildland Fire Mitigation and Management Commission. flagaz-my.sharepoint.com/:b:…
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A decision in the Yosemite NP vs Earth Island case regarding whether thinning of 20" and smaller trees + prescribed fire = logging. Yosemite wins, Hanson loses. Lots of good language in the case regarding the value of thinning plus good fire: caselaw.findlaw.com/court/us…
Lenya Quinn-Davidson retweeted
Federal firefighters could quit if Congress allows big pay cut sfchronicle.com/california-w…
Lenya Quinn-Davidson retweeted
The California Fire Science Consortium is hiring! We are looking for a Fire Science Outreach Specialist to assist the Statewide Coordinator at UC Berkeley. Please share with anyone who is passionate about fire science and science communication. See flyer for more details.
Lenya Quinn-Davidson retweeted
“Last year we got lucky, but what can we do to be less reliant on luck?...We can take a more proactive approach, we can have more agency...The current model we operate under is really waiting and seeing,” @lenyaqd said. “I think we are at the end of the rope with that.”
“If we get the wrong weather at the wrong time and that aligns with the really dry fuels ... it could still end up being a really serious fire season., @lenyaqd @ucanr tells @GabrielleCanon. She recommends proactive approach to #wildfire
theguardian.com/world/2023/s…
Lenya Quinn-Davidson retweeted
A former colleague of mine @juliejohnson who I’ve spent many hours with on the fire line, wrote this piece on wildland firefighters and exposures to toxic smoke.
sfchronicle.com/projects/202…