THE CONVERSATION: Managing forests and other ecosystems under rising threats requires thinking across wide-ranging scenarios The Conversation EcosystemsPlanning and management May 27, 2025By Kyra Clark-Wolf, University of Colorado Boulder; Brian W. Miller, U.S. Geological Survey, and Imtiaz Rangwala, University of Colorado Boulder...
SIERRA NEVADA CONSERVANCY: Weather whiplash in the Sierra-Cascade and the need to accelerate resilience Sierra Nevada Conservancy Ecosystems January 8, 2025From the Sierra Nevada Conservancy: Winter began in earnest when an atmospheric river drenched Northern California with record breaking rainfall...
CAL MATTERS: Welcome to the Age of Fire: California wildfires explained Cal Matters Wildfires and watersheds July 10, 2024By Julie Cart, Cal Matters After two mild wildfire seasons, California is bracing for whatever 2024 brings. Favorable weather marked...
CAL MATTERS: California’s ancient ‘asbestos’ forests no longer seem immune Cal Matters Wildfires and watersheds September 28, 2020The North Coast’s rainforests are hotter, drier and less foggy. That means more dangerous fires that can scar iconic redwoods....
THIS JUST IN … Governor Brown Issues Executive Order to Protect Communities from Wildfire, Climate Impacts Governor Jerry Brown Policy and regulationWildfires and watersheds May 10, 2018From the Office of the Governor: In the face of the worst wildfires in California’s history, Governor Edmund G. Brown...
THE DELTA AND THE TRIBUTARIES, part 1: How the health of the headwaters affects California’s water system Maven EcosystemsNotebook News and Features February 20, 2018The Mountain Counties Area spans over 15,700 square miles, encompassing most of the Sierra Nevada. Much of the state’s precipitation...
CAL MATTERS: Sierra forests turned to brown Cal Matters Ecosystems November 25, 2016By Julie Cart, Cal Matters This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. California’s high country...
CAL MATTERS: Forests of fatalities: after 70 million tree deaths, worst “still to come” Cal Matters Ecosystems August 10, 2016By Julie Cart, Cal Matters This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Until recently, strolling...
