Forestry, land management, and public policy in the news
Sierra Sun Times – Sunday, 17 May 2015 – Attending an Oversight Hearing Former USFS Chief Dave Bosworth Said, “We Do Not Have A Fire Problem On Our Nation’s Forests; We Have A Land Management Problem” The House Natural Resources ...»
Grass Valley Union – May 13, 2015 – By Norm Sauer – Recently, two articles by Christy Sherr of the John Muir Project of the Earth Island Institute argued high-intensity catastrophic fires in our forests provide “the most ecologically diverse ...»
The Wall Street Journal-Updated Feb. 16, 2015 10:30 p.m. California is experiencing its fourth year of drought. More than 1,760 water wells have run dry. Emergency drinking water and shower stations have been delivered to areas of the rural Central ...»
The Union – March 5, 2015 SACRAMENTO — Leaders of more than 100 state, federal and nonprofit agencies that touch on the Sierra Nevada watershed gathered Wednesday for what all described as an urgent call for collaboration borne of catastrophes ...»
Sacramento Bee – March 9, 2015 The Sierra Nevada is many things to California: a mountain playground in winter and summer, a swath of public land stretching nearly the length of the state, and vital habitat for a broad variety ...»
February 11, 2015 – Phys.org – Healthy forest ecosystems need dead wood to provide important habitat for birds and mammals, but there can be too much of a good thing when dead wood fuels severe wildfires. A scientist with the ...»
On Thursday, California’s snowpack was a paltry 25% of average for this time of year. January 29, 2015 – Los Angeles Times – State workers performed a California winter ritual Thursday, poking hollow aluminum tubes into Sierra Nevada meadows to ...»
LA Times, January 19, 2015 – Drought, fire suppression techniques and changes in land use have made California forests denser and more susceptible to fast-moving wildfires, a study to be released Tuesday has found. Researchers at UC Berkeley, UC Davis ...»
Capital Public Radio – 1/15/15 – The United States Drought Monitor released its latest Drought Summary on January 13. The drought update reflects the lack of rain and snow in January. The December 2014 storms have had a positive effect ...»
NFIB – January 3, 2015 – Location, location, location. When it comes to starting or relocating your small business, it matters—now more than ever, according to the latest State Business Tax Climate Index report from the Tax Foundation, a non-partisan ...»
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