Chaparral Wisdom
To celebrate the magic and beauty of Nature & the chaparral
Tag: Logging
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””
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”
The Creek Fire: Made Worse by Past Forest Service Actions
The fire that is the biggest current threat to lives and homes right now is the Creek Fire on the Sierra National Forest. It is currently 135,000 acres. The Creek Fire very rapidly raced through two earlier fires (French fire of 2014, and Aspen… Continue Reading “The Creek Fire: Made Worse by Past Forest Service Actions”