Fire is a major landscape disturbance shaping southern California ecosystems--and yet, as recent fire storms in 2003 showed, the public and policy makers need a greater understanding of wildfire processes in order to make sound public policy decisions. These field trips toured San Diego City canyons, and viewed the canyon-development interface and vegetation reduction to implement city/county codes.

Click the links below to download the trip handouts.

November 12, 2007 Handout (DOC 222k)

November 17, 2007 Handout (DOC 70k)