Caring For Our Trees, People, and Communities: Post-Fire Urban Forestry in SoCal In-Person Symposium

The Caring For Our Trees, People, and Communities: Post-Fire Urban Forestry in SoCal In-Person Symposium was a one day symposium and garden tour that examined the ways we can plan for resilience in fire-prone communities while maintaining tree canopy and healthy urban ecosystems. Following a series of webinars in 2025, this in-person symposium featured presentations by Francisco Escobedo, Alessandro Ossola, Christopher Shogren, Max Moritz, Clark Stevens, Alex Villalta, Anne Dorland, Cassy Aoyagi, and Q&A sessions moderated by Sabrina Drill and Gabe Albarian. Chapters: 00:00:05 Welcome and Opening Remarks 00:00:58 Miranda Hutten 00:04:55 Jamahl Butler 00:04:55 Lora Hall 00:09:31 Research and Response Intro 00:10:17 Francisco Escobedo, Urban Forests, Urban Fires & Social, Environmental, & Ecological Impacts 00:20:36 Alessandro Ossola, Assessing the Survival and Retention of Urban Trees After the Los Angeles Fires 00:36:02 Christopher Shogren, Urban Tree Resilience 00:48:52 Max Moritz, Harnessing What We Know About Plant Fammability 01:04:09 Research and Response Q&A, Moderated by Sabrina Drill 01:27:57 Planning for the Future Intro by Michelle Carr 01:28:58 Clark Stevens, Pyrogeogrpahy: Designing Downwind for the Fure and NOW 01:44:33 Alex Villalta, Adapting from an Enforcement Model to Community Engaged Model 01:59:05 Anne Dorland, Listening First: Maui's Community Forestry Recovery 02:32:30 Anne Dorland Q&A 02:40:42 Conservation, Protection, and Recovery Intro by Gabe Albarian 02:41:05 Cassy Aoyagi, The Upward Spiral, Save Beauty, Money, and Wildfire Risk 02:54:31 Q&A Session with Clark Stevens, Alex Villalta, and Cassy Aoyagi, Moderated by Gabe Albarian The event was organized by TreePeople, LA Urban Center, Council for Watershed Health, CAL FIRE Urban & Community Forestry Program, the U.S. Forest Service Angeles National Forest Unit, and FormLA Landscaping