Hannah Hepner - Northern Sierra Prescribed Fire Training Coordinator

Hannah is the Northern Sierra Prescribed Fire Training Coordinator for the Watershed Center. She provides training and prescribed burning support to increase the number of individuals who are safely utilizing “good fire.” Her work focuses on operations as well as addressing barriers to access and information. 

Hannah has a bachelor's degree in Forestry & Natural Resources from UC Berkeley and a Certificate in Landscape Design from Cabrillo College. Prior to working for the Watershed Center she was the Program Director for the Plumas County Fire Safe Council, where she developed and implemented programs to reduce losses from wildfire. She is a co-founder of the Plumas Underburn Cooperative and has been an IMT member for Plumas Cal-TREX since its establishment in 2020.

Hannah balances time in the field with knitting, poetry, and aerial acrobatics. Based in Quincy, Hannah and her three daughters spend their summers in the creeks and winters on the snow.

Email Hannah: hannah@thewatershedcenter.com