Jonah Weeks, PhD

Jonah’s research is focused on restoration ecology, specifically, fire ecology in higher elevation forests such as those found in much of the Sierra Nevada mountain range. She is also interested in ecological education and outreach.  Jonah’s thesis project involves a long term, ongoing, post-fire study assessing the area burned by the Angora Fire in South Lake Tahoe in 2007. The project began in 2008 and consists of Common Stand Exam plots and regeneration plots set up on a grid throughout the over 3,000 acres burned by the fire. She is studying effects of the fire on plant diversity, forest structure, fuels accumulation, and other variables. Jonah is a Davis native who received a BS in Environmental Science from Chico Sate University.