Chaparral Wisdom
To celebrate the magic and beauty of Nature & the chaparral
Category: Habitat Clearance
Nature is Not Our Garden in Need of “Tending”
– How the California Coastal Commission is Failing Us –The clearance of old-growth Bishop Pine Forests at Tomales Bay State Park In the summer of 1972, my friend Eric Strom and I went door to door to encourage our neighbors to vote for Proposition… Continue Reading “Nature is Not Our Garden in Need of “Tending””
Our Day in Court – Suing Cal Fire to Protect Nature in California
– Five Reasons Why Cal Fire’s Approach to Wildfire Prevention is Wrong – November 9, 2023 is the date (updated – the schedule was moved forward two months). The future of wild Nature in California depends on how the courts ultimately rule. After more… Continue Reading “Our Day in Court – Suing Cal Fire to Protect Nature in California”
Landmark Study Finds Pattern of “Falsification of the Scientific Record” in Government-Funded Wildfire Studies
– How Truth Metastasized Into A Lie – The Fire Suppression Fallacy –(Part III) An unprecedented study was published today in the peer-reviewed journal Fire, exposing a broad pattern of scientific misrepresentations and omissions that have caused a “falsification of the scientific record” in recent forest… Continue Reading “Landmark Study Finds Pattern of “Falsification of the Scientific Record” in Government-Funded Wildfire Studies”