Date/Time
Date(s) - 03/14/2026
9:00 am - 1:00 pm
Location
Black Oak Casino Conference Center
Categories
The Tuolumne Fire Safe Council and the League of Women Voters of the Mother Lode have partnered to sponsor an event focused on educating residents on the increasing risk of wildfire.
Objective: To educate residents on the increasing risk of wildfire threat to our homes, businesses, infrastructure, and natural resources. To improve knowledge and understanding of the many factors that influence wildfire behavior and how we can learn to live with wildfire through adaptation and participation of all.
Through the generous support of the Columbia College Foundation and Black Oak Casino Resort the Living with Fire Series has become a reality.
The event is FREE and open to all. https://tuolumnefiresafe.org/living-with-fire-series/
When: March 7, 14, 21, 2026 (Saturdays), the 3 sessions build on each other but can also stand alone.
Session 2: Reducing Risk and Building Resilience
Saturday, March 14, 9 am-1 pm
Black Oak Casino Conference Center
Film: Fireforest:When Forest Fire met Forest Restoration
In August of 2020, the Cameron Peak Fire was racing uncontrollably towards communities in northern Colorado. As it reached the footprint of a past U.S. Forest Service prescribed burn and the Drala Mountain Center (formerly Shambhala Mountain Center), a near-miracle occurred. The prescribed burn, combined with forest restoration treatments at Drala, gave firefighters a foothold to halt a portion of the fire and avert disaster for the communities downslope.
This 16-minute film tells the story of what happened there through the accounts of a U.S. Forest Service fire specialist, a Larimer Conservation District forester, and the Drala land manager. Together, they urge us to see fire and forest management as natural and essential parts of the landscape. By shifting the way we perceive fire and actively preparing forests to receive it, we can create hope for living with wildfires.
Speakers
Emily Rogan, Senior Program Officer, United PolicyHolders: California Home Insurance Update: The good, the bad and the ugly.
United Policyholders (“UP”) is a non-profit information resource and a voice for insurance consumers in all 50 states. We give you the straight scoop on insurance matters. We don’t accept financial support from insurance companies. We don’t give advice or endorse or warrant any of our sponsors.
Eric Knapp, PHD Research Ecologist, US Forest Service Pacific Southwest Research Station: Protecting your home from wildfire.
Dr. Knapp has been studying forests and fire in the Sierra Nevada for over 25 years. After experiencing the Carr Fire and the Camp Fire, he set out to learn what caused some homes to survive while surrounding ones were destroyed. He will share findings from his research and thoughts about how communities at the wildland-urban interface better live with fire.
Dr. T Maiorana, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Design, UC Davis: Wildfire Preparedness Exercise
Liz Peterson, Deputy County Administrator, Tuolumne County: Yosemite Stanislaus Solutions and the SEREL Project
