Utility equipment sparks blazes, but climate change stokes them.
Forests
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Anxiety and hope in wildfire-prone Oregon
How might we live in the reality of our climate?
Posted inSeptember 1, 2021: Where Wolves May Tread
Tree DNA thwarts black market lumber
How the genetic code of flora helped catch timber thieves.
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Who should pay for climate mitigation? Colorado looks to the oil industry.
Lawsuits across the state accuse the energy companies of deceptive practices that escalated the climate crisis.
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The ‘ecological hate speech’ developed around wildfire
A new book examines the myths that help fuel forest management.
Posted inJuly 1, 2021: An Urban Greenspace Revolution
How to live with fire
Wildfire needs new narratives. The podcast ‘Fireline’ is a start.
Posted inJune 1, 2021: Once and Future Fires
Facing future wildfires, a community fights for its forest
Conflicting visions in central Idaho force tough decisions over logging and prescribed burning.
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How Suzanne Simard changed our relationship to trees
In ‘Finding the Mother Tree,’ a maverick forest ecologist relates her scientific journey — one that follows in the footsteps of traditional Indigenous knowledge.
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Is California’s carbon offset program actually helping the environment?
How a nonprofit cashed in on carbon credit exchanges without reducing emissions.
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California orders Nestlé to stop siphoning spring water
The world’s largest food and beverage company is accused of taking millions more gallons than it is entitled to.
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Documenting destruction from above
A young photographer highlights the environmental crises facing Indigenous communities at home and abroad.
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Endangered martens are living on the edge in Oregon
A surprisingly dense and isolated population of Humboldt martens challenges assumptions about the species.
Posted inDecember 1, 2020: A Community Divided
Trump administration chops logging restrictions in the Tongass National Forest
But President-elect Biden could reinstate them once in office.
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Colorado’s wildfires require a drastic and collective fix
Climate change should be seen as a number one priority.
Posted inOctober 1, 2020: Democracy's Frayed Western Front
11 Alaska Native tribes offer new way forward on managing the Tongass
The proposal comes after a failed consultation process of ‘one way communication’ over the Tongass National Forest.
Posted inNovember 1, 2020: When the Smoke Clears
The lessons of Redwood Summer, thirty years later
A summer of protest ultimately marked a turning point in environmental activism.
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Burn out: Frequent fires are changing Western landscapes
Previously burned areas are less likely to re-burn, but intense fires could erase forests.
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How do you fight wildfire during a pandemic?
Keeping first responders socially distant, and evacuating communities safely, would be a challenge.
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Extreme wildfires are changing Western forests
New studies show how high-intensity fires alter flower pollen, soil health and tree growth.