Chaparral Wisdom
To celebrate the magic and beauty of Nature & the chaparral
Category: Habitat Clearance
Greedy trees are taking all our water?
In a recent NBC article, Trees vs. Humans: In California Drought Nature Gets to Water First, the anti-forest habitat crusade continues to promote more logging and support the impractical US Forest Service goal of attempting to create “drought and fire resistant” forests through “active”… Continue Reading “Greedy trees are taking all our water?”
Six Reasons Why We Challenged the Stanislaus National Forest in Court
“These forests were all different but, in one critical sense, they were all the same. They belonged to me, to my children, and to all the American people for today, tomorrow, and forever – unless somehow, we allow this incredible birthright to be stolen… Continue Reading “Six Reasons Why We Challenged the Stanislaus National Forest in Court”
Silver Fire Defies Popular Beliefs About Wildfire
Silver Fire Defies Popular Beliefs About Wildfireby Burning Within the Deadly 2006 Esperanza Fire ScarAccording to conventional wisdom, the seven-year-old vegetationwas not supposed to burn SAN DIEGO, Calif. – Defying the fundamental assumption underlying Cal Fire’s new vegetation treatment proposal (that older “overgrown” vegetation… Continue Reading “Silver Fire Defies Popular Beliefs About Wildfire”