Chaparral Wisdom
To celebrate the magic and beauty of Nature & the chaparral
Tag: clearance
Government to Mom – Clear Those Damn Azaleas!
The Stupidity of Zone Zeroand Other Feckless Fire Commandments in California One would think that after increasing losses of life and property from wildfire every decade, California would reconsider its forest-centric, clearance-of-habitat approach to fire risk reduction. Instead, the state is doubling down on… Continue Reading “Government to Mom – Clear Those Damn Azaleas!”
Appellate Court to Cal Fire – You’re Making the Landscape More Flammable
After twenty years of fighting, Nature and Fire Safety have prevailed The California Appellate Court ruled in the chaparral’s favor yesterday afternoon in our lawsuit against Cal Fire and their insidious plan to clear millions of acres of native habitat in California. We won… Continue Reading “Appellate Court to Cal Fire – You’re Making the Landscape More Flammable”
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””