As Shasta Chapter CNPS emerges from a long, hot summer hibernation, we invite you to our first meeting of the fall season, on September 21, 2023. We will meet at 6:30 PM, at the Shasta College Health Science & University Programs building in downtown Redding, 1400 Market Street, Community Room 8220 (clock tower building at the north end of the Market Street Promenade; enter at the main entrance, on the northeast corner of the building). Like all Shasta Chapter meetings, this meeting is open to the public.
We are delighted to be hosting USFS Pacific Southwest Research Station Research Ecologist, Eric Knapp, who will present his talk entitled, Why Do Houses Burn in Wildfires and What Can We Do about It? Recent destructive wildfires in northern California provide an opportunity to investigate how different factors influence home survival.
Eric and his team conducted an analysis of the 2018 Camp Fire, obtaining measurements from a randomly selected subset of homes in Paradise, to determine if nearby burning structures and/or nearby vegetation contributed to home survival, and whether new building codes, in place since 2008, helped. Eric will present their findings, corroborated by photographs taken of damaged but not destroyed homes, which point to changes that could substantially improve outcomes.
The Chapter will treat our speaker to dinner at Final Draft Brewing Company, Redding, before the meeting, at 5 PM. The membership is invited to join us there for a casual, no-host meal, and to meet and talk with Eric pre meeting. Please contact shastacnps@gmail.com should you have questions. See you there!
~Shasta Chapter CNPS
