Chaparral Wisdom
To celebrate the magic and beauty of Nature & the chaparral
Category: Habitat Clearance
Cal Fire is Out of Control
Last week (5/4), the California Senate discussed allocating $5 billion over 5 years to fund Cal Fire to log, clear, herbicide, or burn 500,000 acres of habitat per year throughout California. Under the approved Vegetation Treatment Program, the public will not be able to comment… Continue Reading “Cal Fire is Out of Control”
Nature Suppression
Our forests are not suffering primarily from fire suppression, the story one constantly hears, but rather too much human meddling, be it logging, thinning, fire, habitat clearance, the works. The map below tells the story. The actual data shown presents a picture in such… Continue Reading “Nature Suppression”
Orwellian “Restoration”
From every corner of the universe it seems one hears how we need to “thin” forests to “restore” them to some preconceived ideal. That sounds nice. How could anyone disagree with that? There’s plenty to disagree with. The forest thinning paradigm is based on… Continue Reading “Orwellian “Restoration””