“Each and every American owns our public lands. They provide so much: wildlife habitat, clean water and energy, food and timber, solace and recreation, and more. Balancing these values is the job of the Bureau of Land Management, for both current and future generations.” – Tracy-Stone Manning, Bureau of Land Management The Bureau of Land…
“Mr. Vanderbilt was the first of the large forest owners in America to adopt the practice of forestry. He has conserved Pisgah Forest from the time he bought it up to his death, a period of nearly twenty five years, under the firm conviction that every forest owner owes it to those who follow him,…
Farming in the forest, agroforestry, can take many forms, from the local friend who’s growing truffles on his wooded suburban acreage to friends in the mountains who share food with neighbors and sell in local popup markets. The existing forest environment already provides years of mulch, compost, and topsoil with the added benefit of absorption…
My daughter pointed out the Woodpecker on the remains of a burned tree after a Tuolumne County fire near our old cabin. A bright spot in a primarily black landscape. Snag is not a pretty word but, for some fire survivors, it’s home sweet home. There are many reasons to leave a snag (or a…
We were settling into our room. I had just turned from admiring the view of the forest, commenting, “It’s amazing! There’s not a sign of a beetle kill tree anywhere. I wonder how they’ve avoided this.” An ominously large shadow dropped past the window. I turned back but didn’t see anything. I joked, “I think…