Chaparral Wisdom
To celebrate the magic and beauty of Nature & the chaparral
Tag: Habitat Clearance
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””
Five Reasons we are Taking Cal Fire to Court
Cal Fire has approved a program that will make the landscape more flammable, fail to protect communities most at risk, accelerate the loss of native plant communities, and reduce the carbon absorbing abilities of native habitats. How is this possible? The answer is simple.… Continue Reading “Five Reasons we are Taking Cal Fire to Court”