So, this happened. Grant County Sheriff’s office arrests USFS burn boss for “reckless burning” after prescribed burn spills over into private land. Can they do that? Is there any precedent??

California is about to overtake Germany as the fourth-largest economy in the world bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…

One for the early birds: This middle timber in the roof of Beverley Minster was dendro-dated to the year 921. It’s been holding up roofs since the reign of King Æthelstan.

Halloween is a great time to remember that botany is crazy and makes no sense 🎃⁠ #Halloween #Pumpkin #Botany

Yurok Tribal Council Member Ryan Ray offers his immediate reaction following FERC's decision to approve the surrender of the Klamath dams. "What this means to our community and everyone in the basin is healing."

Hice un poco de #mapping de los #IncendiosForestales en #Chile hoy. A las 0530 GMT del 4/2/23, los incendios habían quemado alrededor de 500,000 acres. A las 1700 GMT, han crecido a 595.000 acres. Las áreas moradas son plantaciones de árboles. Fuente: Datos satelitales VIIRs.

Indigenous women are victim to higher rates of abduction and murder than any other demographic group⚠️ Tribal governments across California including Yurok Tribe are leading action to confront this crisis.👇🏼

Today the new Tropical Forest Credit Integrity (#TFCI) Guide is being launched to help companies differentiate between forest carbon credits to improve the integrity, quality and impact of their carbon credits purchases. Read the actionable guidance here: tfciguide.org

I’m stymied. Have spent 5 days searching my home for the following items: business envelope; checkbook; stamp. I know they are here.

#Sunset at #Anza-Borrego State Park in desert of east San Diego county. #SanDiego #SanDiegoWX #AnzaBorrego #desert #Borrrego #BorregoArtInstitute #SaturdayMorning #photography #canonphotography #NaturePhotography

Conservation biologist Matt Stephens invented the Hollowhog, a game-changing tool that creates artificial hollows in trees just as Australia’s wildlife grapples with the loss of habitat reut.rs/3lvo4hI

.University of California announces $15M in climate-focused innovation awards that are part of a $185M partnership between UC and the state of CA to tackle the #climate crisis, from developing new methods for carbon capture to creating innovative coping strategies. universityofcalifornia.edu/news/uc-announ…

Record-high CO2 emissions from boreal fires in 2021 science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

If someone told me in 1993 I’d be helping to launch a satellite in 2023, I’d have laughed. But then again, 12 years ago, getting the world to care about methane pollution, and having the global O&G industry respond seemed pretty far fetched. Yet here we are!

Maui update. South Maui resorts (Lahaina is West Maui) NEED visitors. Furloughs and layoffs starting because people think the whole island is closed. It is not. If you are planning a trip to Wailea or Kihei, don’t cancel. If you want to come to Hawaii pls consider South Maui.

Thoughtful op-ed from Jesse Deubel on managing growing climate threats to New Mexico forests. New Mexico needs climate-resilient forests — now | My View | santafenewmexican.com #FutureForests

CA is leading the way on #CulturalBurning! Don Hankins, Co-Lead, Indigenous Stewardship Network, & #WildfireTaskForce Exec. Committee member explains. Learn about #PrescribedFire & #GoodFire: bit.ly/TF-Good-Fire CAL FIRE @calnatresources usfs_r5 #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth

So excited to see our work on the benefits of low intensity fire on future catastrophic fire out in Science Advances today! Low-intensity fires mitigate the risk of high-intensity wildfires in California’s forests | Science Advances science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

Hedges are *finally* coming to California. Olive Oil Times reports that CA farmers are planting hedgerows to improve water retention in soil and improve soil health. Hedgerows also create habitat for beneficial birds and insects - AND they look good. oliveoiltimes.com/production/cal…

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