Chaparral Wisdom
To celebrate the magic and beauty of Nature & the chaparral
Category: Misconceptions
Darwin, Mockingbirds, and Truth
Here’s to maintaining our curiosity of the natural world and the courage to question – a message offered by one of the four species of mockingbirds found on the Galapagos Islands. Not fully known, but it was the Galapagos mockingbirds that Darwin used to… Continue Reading “Darwin, Mockingbirds, and Truth”
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?”
Wildfire Hyperbole: Falsely Blaming Past Fire Suppression
Whenever wildfire is discussed, you can almost guarantee that someone will say something like the following: These unnaturally, hot mega-fires are the result of past fire suppression which has allowed an unnatural accumulation of vegetation. Forests are out of whack. And environmentalists have made… Continue Reading “Wildfire Hyperbole: Falsely Blaming Past Fire Suppression”