In Pursuit of Logic: Part IV of V Native plants and animals have a right to be left alone. Left alone, Nature is beautiful, as it has been for millions of years. Without us. A fair number of people are threatened by that independence.… Continue Reading “Native plants and animals have a right to be left alone.”
Category: Fire, Forests, Habitat Clearance, MisconceptionsTags: Appropriation, Bering land bridge, chaparral, chaparral wisdom, forest fires, Indian burning, Indigenous burning, John Muir, Native American fire use, prescribed fire, Racism, Scott Stephens, tobacco, UC Berkeley, unnatural, wildfire, wildfire science lab, woke science
In Pursuit of Logic: Part III of V There is truth in the world. Contrary to popular belief, truth is not all socially constructed. Determining truth can be a relatively simple, straightforward process when the facts are assembled by conscious beings other than Homo… Continue Reading “When Factual Arguments Fail – Nearly Always”
Category: Fire, Misconceptions, Social ChangeTags: chaparral, chaparral mastication, chaparral type conversion, chaparral wisdom, logical fallacy, Marin County, Marin Wildfire Prevention Authority, Ross Valley, shaded fuel break
In Pursuit of Logic: Part II of V Continuing our description of conversations we’ve had recently concerning chaparral, fire, and illogical thinking, Part II of our series shares an often-encountered opinion that in someway, somehow, one of our favorite chaparral shrubs is an unnatural,… Continue Reading “Alien Shrubs From Mars?”
Category: chaparral biome, Fire, Habitat Clearance, Native Plants, Value of Native SpeciesTags: catalina nature, ceanothus, Ceanothus crassifolius, chaparral biome, chaparral invasion, chaparral wisdom, first people, Island Fire, Jack Cohen, Native American fire use
Chaparral Wisdom 