The Forest Service says its $1B Community Wildfire Defense Grants are meant to make forests more resilient—which it and experts say means doing more prescribed fire. But I found CA grantees aren't proposing much of it. Why? Some answers, in Ukiah.

Sometimes, as an editor, you open up a writer's draft for a first read and are just like: "hell yeah, exactly, yes, that's how you do it"

At last a map of Dos Rios! Exciting to see a new park emerge in the Central Valley, which has srsly gotten the short end of the park stick.

At last I manage to sneak sailing into @baynature. Pleased to report this jaunt to see ospreys led me down a rabbit hole of intense politics and very complicated biology (most of which I omitted) baynature.org/article/sailin…

Here are overhead photos of crews dismantling the Klamath River dams on Saturday. The removal of the dams is the first part of a long-term plan to restore the river ecosystem and all the life it supports. #native #salmon #restoration

OMG - what an incredible service to those of us who are dying to participate in the great taxonomic explosion of morels (mainly by consuming them, but also by wholly grokking their specialness)

Santa Clara valleywater just postponed voting on a controversial ordinance to ban camping on San Jose-area creeks. @anushuyathapa visited one creek and wrote (beautifully as always) about this Gordian knot of environment x housing issues for Bay Nature magazine baynature.org/article/the-cr…

The incomparable SMITH SMITH SMITH writes @baynature's first It Gets Me Out column: about jobs that get people outside, and what they see along the way. Plus a pitch-perfect illustration by greg clarke. baynature.org/article/branch…

Some ribbon worms undergo "catastrophic metamorphosis," which is "kind of like pulling a sweater over your head, but eating your body while you’re backing out” As if putting on sweaters wasn't hard enough Bay Nature magazine baynature.org/2024/08/08/col…

I made some drawings of the newest (potential) trees on the Bay Area block for @anushuyax's #WildBillions story on climate-adapting our urban canopy. They are a little bit silly @baynature

Most days, I can't believe I still have a job in this industry.

Cyclists of Sac! The city's gearing up for one of the most important bike path connections — Two Rivers Phase III. The missing piece for uninterrupted riding from Howe all the way to Sutterville. They need your input on the design! Survey 'til 9/10: sacramentocityexpress.com/2024/09/04/inp…