Ryan E. Tompkins

Forestry & Natural Resource Advisor

Plumas Sierra
208 Fairground Road
Quincy, CA 95971
(530) 283-6125
retompkins@ucanr.edu

http://ucce-plumas-sierra.ucanr.edu/

Also in:
Lassen County

Biography

Ryan Tompkins is the UC Cooperative Extension Forest and Natural Resources Advisor for Plumas, Sierra, and Lassen counties and is a California Registered Professional Forester (No. 3108).  His research interests include forest & fire ecology and management in the Sierra Nevada, silviculture for ecological restoration, and post-fire reforestation.  His 18 year federal career included working as a forester and certified silviculturist with the USDA Forest Service and working in the Fire Effects program at the National Park Service.  When he's not thinking about forested landscapes, he might be helping firewise communities or just enjoying a quiet moment in the Sierra Nevada backcountry. 

Education

M.F. Forestry, University of California at Berkeley. 2001

B.S. Forestry, University of California at Berkeley. 1996

Areas of Expertise (click to see all ANR academics with this expertise)

• Forest / Range / Wildlife Commodities / Habitats - General
• Forest Trees and Products
• Forest and Range Resources
• Management and Control of Forest and Range Fires
• Management and Sustainability of Forest Resources
• Natural Resources, General
• Pest Management/Diseases
• Sustainable Natural Ecosystems
• Endemic and Invasive Pests and Diseases

Bibliography

Peer Reviewed

• North, Malcolm; Stevens, Jens, et al.; Greene, David; Coppoletta, Michelle; Knapp, Eric; Latimer, Andrew; Restaino, Christina; Tompkins, Ryan; Welch, Kevin; York, Rob; Young, Derek; Axelson, Jodi; Buckley, Tom; Estes, Becky; Hager, Rachel; Long, Jonathan; Meyer, Marc; Ostoja, Steven; Safford, Hugh; Shive, Kristen; Tubbesing, Carmen; Vice, Heather; Walsh, Dana; Werner, Chhaya; Wyrsch, Peter (2019). Tamm Review: Reforestation for resilience in dry western U.S. Forests. Forest Ecology and Management. 432, 209-224. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2018.09.007

• Russell, Will; Tompkins, Ryan (2005). Estimating Biomass in Coastal Baccharis pilularis dominated shrub types. Fire Ecology. 1:1.

Non-Peer Reviewed

• York, R; Roughton, A., et al.; Tompkins, R.; Kocher, S (2020). Burn permits need to facilitate - not prevent - "good fire" in California. California Agriculture. 74:2, 62-66. May 25, 2020.
• Tompkins, Ryan (2020). Post-Fire Considerations for Forest Landowners. Forest Landowner Fact Sheet for Plumas, Sierra, and Lassen Counties. September 2020. https://ucanr.edu/sites/UCCE-Plumas-Sierra/files/343145.pdf
• Tompkins, Ryan (2020). Reforestation in a burning climate. UCANR Green Blog. March 21, 2020. https://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=39610
• Schohr, Tracy; Tompkins, Ryan, et al.; Getts, Tom; Wilkin, Kate; Wiley, Jen (2019). Invasive Weed Management Post-Wildfire: Closer Look at Camp Fire Invasive Weeds in Right-of-ways. Grasslands: Published quarterly by the California Native Grasslands Association. 29:3, 10-14.
• Gasser, Don; Hepner, Hannah, et al.; West, Matthew; McCourt, Sue; White, Chuck; Herrin, Becky; Tompkins, Ryan; Bauer, Ryan; Callaghan, Mike; Bowman, Chuck; Hollister, Zach; Martynn, Dan; Moghaddas, Jason; Graevs, Brad (2019). Plumas County Communities Wildfire Protection Plan, Climate Change. Plumas County Fire Safe Council. 18-20. July 2019.
• Tompkins, Ryan (2019). Thinning for defensible space: tree selection considerations. Plumas Underburn Cooperative Workshop: How to Prepare your Land for Fire. November 9, 2019. https://ucanr.edu/sites/UCCE-Plumas-Sierra/files/343146.pdf

ANR Workgroup Associations

• Fire - Member
• Forest Ecosystems and Communities - Member

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