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Native Plants and Fire Safety Special Issue $10.00 (Free to Members) VOL. 38, NO. 2 AND VOL. 38, NO. 3 • APRIL 2010 AND JULY 2010 FREMONTIA JOURNAL OF THE CALIFORNIA NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY SPECIAL ISSUE: NATIVE PLANTS AND FIRE SAFETY VOLUME 38:2/38:3, APRIL 2010/JULY 2010 FREMONTIA CALIFORNIA NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY CNPS, 2707 K Street, Suite 1; Sacramento, CA 95816-5113 FREMONTIA Phone: (916) 447-CNPS (2677) Fax: (916) 447-2727 Web site: www.cnps.org Email: [email protected] VOL. 38, NO. 2, APRIL 2010 AND VOL 38, NO. 3, JULY 2010 MEMBERSHIP Membership form located on inside back cover; Copyright © 2010 dues include subscriptions to Fremontia and the CNPS Bulletin California Native Plant Society Mariposa Lily . $1,500 Family or Group . $75 Bob Hass, Editor Benefactor . $600 International or Library . $75 Betsey Landis, Advisor Patron . $300 Individual . $45 Beth Hansen-Winter, Designer Plant Lover . $100 Student/Retired/Limited Income . $25 Brad Jenkins, Jake Sigg, and CORPORATE/ORGANIZATIONAL Carol Witham, Proofreaders 10+ Employees . $2,500 4-6 Employees . $500 7-10 Employees . $1,000 1-3 Employees . $150 CALIFORNIA NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY STAFF (SACRAMENTO) CHAPTER COUNCIL Executive Director . Tara Hansen David Magney (Chair); Larry Levine Dedicated to the Preservation of Finance & Administration Manager . (Vice Chair); Marty Foltyn (Secretary); the California Native Flora Cari Porter Board of Directors Representatives: Membership & Development Coor- Brian LeNeve, Orchid Black The California Native Plant Society dinator . Stacey Flowerdew Alta Peak (Tulare) . Joan Stewart (CNPS) is a statewide nonprofit organi- Conservation Program Director . Bristlecone (Inyo-Mono) . zation dedicated to increasing the Greg Suba Steve McLaughlin understanding and appreciation of Rare Plant Botanist . Aaron Sims Channel Islands . David Magney California’s native plants, and to pre- Vegetation Program Director . Julie Dorothy King Young (Mendocino/ serving them and their natural habitats Evens Vegetation Ecologists . Jennifer Buck, Sonoma Coast) . Nancy Morin for future generations. East Bay . Bill J. Hunt CNPS carries out its mission through Kendra Sikes Education Program Director . Josie El Dorado . Susan Britting science, conservation advocacy, educa- Crawford Kern County . Dorie Giragosian tion, and horticulture at the local, state, Administrative Assistant . Marcy Los Angeles/Santa Monica Mtns . and federal levels. It monitors rare and Millett Betsey Landis endangered plants and habitats; acts to Marin County . Carolyn Longstreth STAFF (AT LARGE) save endangered areas through public- Milo Baker (Sonoma County) . ity, persuasion, and on occasion, legal Fremontia Editor . Bob Hass Liz Parsons action; provides expert testimony to CNPS Bulletin Editor . Bob Hass Mojave Desert . Tim Thomas government bodies; supports the estab- Legislative Consultant .Vern Goehring Monterey Bay . Rosemary Foster East Bay Conservation Analyst . lishment of native plant preserves; spon- Mount Lassen . Catie Bishop Lech Naumovich sors workdays to remove invasive plants; Napa Valley . Gerald Tomboc Website Coordinator . Mark Naftzger and offers a range of educational activi- North Coast . Larry Levine ties including speaker programs, field PROGRAM ADVISORS North San Joaquin . Alan Miller trips, native plant sales, horticultural Rare Plant Program Senior Advisor . Orange County . Nancy Heuler workshops, and demonstration gardens. Jim Andre Redbud (Grass Valley/Auburn) . Since its founding in 1965, the tradi- Vegetation Program Senior Advisor . Joan A. Jernegan tional strength of CNPS has been its Todd Keeler-Wolf Riverside/San Bernardino counties . dedicated volunteers. CNPS activities Horticulture Committee Chair . Katie Barrows are organized at the local chapter level Laura Camp Sacramento Valley . Glen Holstein where members’ varied interests influ- CNPS Press Co-Directors . Holly San Diego . David Varner ence what is done. Volunteers from the Forbes, Dore Brown San Gabriel Mtns . Orchid Black 33 CNPS chapters annually contribute Poster Program . Bertha McKinley, San Luis Obispo . Lauren Brown Wilma Follette in excess of 97,000 hours (equivalent Sanhedrin (Ukiah) . Geri Hulse-Stephens to 46.5 full-time employees). BOARD OF DIRECTORS Santa Clara Valley . Judy Fenerty CNPS membership is open to all. Brett Hall (President); Lauren Brown Members receive the quarterly journal, Santa Cruz County . Deanna Giuliano (Vice President); Carol Witham (Trea- Sequoia (Fresno) . Paul Mitchell Fremontia, the quarterly statewide Bul- surer); Sarah Jayne (Secretary); At Shasta . Ken S. Kilborn letin, and newsletters from their local Large: Laura Camp, Ellen Dean, Arvind Sierra Foothills (Tuolumne, Cala- CNPS chapter. Kumar, Nancy Morin, Vince Scheidt, veras, Mariposa) . Robert W. Brown Alison Shilling South Coast (Palos Verdes) . Disclaimer: David Berman MATERIALS FOR PUBLICATION Tahoe . Michael Hogan The views expressed by authors published CNPS members and others are wel- in this journal do not necessarily reflect Willis L. Jepson (Solano) . established policy or procedure of CNPS, come to contribute materials for publi- Mary Frances Kelly Poh and their publication in this journal should cation in Fremontia. See the inside back Yerba Buena (San Francisco) . not be interpreted as an organizational cover for submission instructions. Ellen Edelson endorsement—in part or in whole—of their Staff and board listings are as of June 2011. ideas, statements, or opinions. Printed by Premier Graphics: www.premiergraphics.biz FREMONTIA VOLUME 38:2/38:3, APRIL 2010/JULY 2010 ISSUE DATE: APRIL AND JULY 2010. PUBLICATION DATE: JULY 2011 CONTENTS FIRE ON CALIFORNIA LANDSCAPES by Jon E. Keeley ........................................................................ 2 The California wildfire problem involves wildfire hazards to the urban environment and protection of natural resources. Managing this risk involves fire suppression, changing home construction standards, reducing landscaping fuels, and more serious attention to zoning decisions. HOW CNPS DEVELOPED A POLICY ON NATIVE PLANTS AND FIRE SAFETY by Betsey Landis ... 7 Extensive inquiry and discussion has resulted in a CNPS policy for the state of California that protects native plants, ensures fire safety, and suggests ways to implement it. THE WILDLAND-URBAN INTERFACE FIRE PROBLEM by Jack Cohen ............................................... 16 Homes can survive wildfires without the necessity of wildfire control. But this will require changing our mindset from wildfire exclusion to wildfire compatibility. INTERPRETING FIRE AND LIFE HISTORY INFORMATION IN THE MANUAL OF CALIFORNIA VEGETATION by Todd Keeler-Wolf, Julie M. Evens, and John O. Sawyer .............................................. 23 The natural history and fire information in the new edition of A Manual of California Vegetation provides land managers and others with better ways to preserve the state’s natural heritage. INVASIVE SPECIES AND FIRE IN CALIFORNIA ECOSYSTEMS by Adam M. Lambert, Carla M. D’Antonio, and Tom L. Dudley .................................................................................................................... 29 Although fire is a natural disturbance in many California plant communities, invasive species can alter fire dynamics in ways that are transforming some of these communities. SUSTAINABLE AND FIRE-SAFE LANDSCAPES: ACHIEVING WILDFIRE RESISTANCE AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH IN THE WILDLAND-URBAN INTERFACE by Sabrina L. Drill .......... 37 UC Cooperative Extension, Los Angeles, has developed an educational program to help homeowners create and maintain fire-safe landscaping, while also being good stewards of the land and avoiding the use of invasive plants. THE ROLE OF FIRE SAFE COUNCILS IN CALIFORNIA by Yvonne Everett ...................................... 42 All over California, where communities meet wildlands, citizen groups are working together to help protect their neighborhoods from wildfire. They call themselves Fire Safe Councils. FIRE-RESISTANT LANDSCAPING: A GENERAL APPROACH AND CENTRAL COAST PERSPECTIVE by Suzanne Schettler .......................................................................................................... 46 Wildfires are capricious and yet there are steps we can take to reduce the risk to a home when designing or retrofitting a landscape setting. WILDFIRE SAFETY: LESSONS LEARNED FROM SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA by Greg Rubin ......... 51 It is possible to create defensible space around your home while still embracing the natural ecology that surrounds it. Some pragmatic tips for enhancing fire safety without wholesale environmental destruction. THE MENDOCINO COUNTY FIRE SAFE COUNCIL by Julie Rogers ................................................ 56 From humble beginnings, Fire Safe Councils such as this one in Mendocino County are helping communi- ties “survive and thrive” in wildfire-prone environments. NEW CNPS FELLOW—TERESA SHOLARS by Lori Hubbart .............................................................. 60 DR. REID MORAN: 1916–2010 by Thomas Oberbauer ....................................................................... 62 BETH HANSEN-WINTER: CNPS DESIGNER EXTRAORDINAIRE by Phyllis M. Faber .................... 65 Meet Beth Hansen-Winter, who is celebrating 25 years as the designer of Fremontia. BOOK REVIEW: The Nature of This Place: Investigations and Adventures in the Yuba Watershed by Bruce Boyd and Liese Greensfelder, editors. Reviewed by Julie Carville. ................................................... 66 THE COVER: Burning chaparral in Southern
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