Chaparral Wisdom
To celebrate the magic and beauty of Nature & the chaparral
Category: Misconceptions
What Champagne and Chaparral Have in Common
An Irreverent Look at Chaparral Illiteracy “Chaparral in France? Sacré bleu!” Arthur quickly downed his remaining Champagne and poured another. He stood up in the tub and raised his drink. With steam wafting up from his naked torso in the evening air, his words… Continue Reading “What Champagne and Chaparral Have in Common”
The Beginnings of the Fire Suppression Fallacy
– How Truth Metastasized Into A Lie – The Fire Suppression Fallacy –(Part IV) How did the observation that fire suppression may have caused some forests to miss several natural fires due to firefighting metastasize into a pernicious stereotype that has convinced huge numbers… Continue Reading “The Beginnings of the Fire Suppression Fallacy”
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”