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Laura Silver
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Jun 1, 2009 2:29 pm
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Depending on when you got your insurance and where you live, you can be grandfathered in with some companies that won't touch the house next door with a...
Laura Silver
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Jun 1, 2009 2:29 pm
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What parks do you know well?? Can you take time to review these plans and provide comments, from the standpoint of native plants and habitats?? These...
afege@...
Jun 3, 2009 12:09 pm
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Thought you might be interested.... /s/ Anne Fege ... From: Chuck Bushey <mpfs@...> To: firenet@... Cc: 'Defne Alpay'...
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Jun 6, 2009 2:05 am
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With the federal government spending nearly $3 billion trying to reduce the <http://www.latimes.com/la-me-fire-index,0,2618641.htmlstory> impact of fire in...
Another reason fuel projects are not being focused on or near the WUI may be because of the cozy relationship between developers/jurisdictions and the ...
Van Collinsworth
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Jun 10, 2009 4:19 pm
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The California Chaparral Institute P.O. Box 545 .the voice of the chaparral Escondido, CA 92033 For Immediate Release, June 11, 2009 ...
If you would like to know why so many of us have faith that science, intelligence, and understanding will eventually prevail, read the public comments at the...
Fire prevention officials don't want sparks to fly As California enters another fire season, officials say it's still all too common to find property owners...
This is yet another reason why San Diego County needs to conduct the appropriate environmental review of their vegetation removal projects. We need to insure...
In the summer of 2006 we spent a considerable amount of time investigating the Sawtooth fire near Yucca Valley, just outside of Joshua National Park. The local...
It was Richard Minnich. From the Desert Sun, July 13, 2006: Minnich researched a 2005 Pioneertown fire and said native wildflowers carried that blaze. He...
This year was the first appearance on my little slope of Phacelia cicutaria, not sure where it came from. Maybe brought in by some bird that landed on the...
Kay
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Jun 29, 2009 9:56 pm
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Was noticing the status of Cedar Creek over the weekend. This is the 1st mile above the crossing of Cedar Creek Road and Cedar Creek. There is an abundance...
Like with fire, the amount of time Native Americans were here in large enough numbers to have a significant impact was just not enough for them to influence...
Denver Post Funds to fight fires going up in smoke Funding for fighting forest fires has increased substantially, but it's wasted money until we change housing...
Some native plants' distribution was strongly affected by native Americans' uses. 1. In Santa Cruz Co a distant relative of the avocado was raised for food by...
Kay
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Jun 30, 2009 11:04 pm
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This is a great discussion Kay. Do you know more about the avocado relative you mention? That would be interesting to track down. I've heard the grass story...
That myth about the prehistoric fire-tamed landscape just makes me laugh. Since with all our great tools -planes and choppers, networks of roads and vehicles...
Kay
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Jul 2, 2009 1:06 am
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Yes I have the PBS documentary on L & C, a very worthwhile viewing. I love the part where they follow the creek to the continental divide and it all comes...
For Immediate Release, July 8, 2009 Major Conservation Groups Support Lawsuit in San Diego County The California Native Plant Society and San Diego Sierra Club...
I am deeply sorry that the County chose to move forward with an ill advised plan. If they had concentrated within the urban/wildland interface such as in...
Here is another person confusing the reality of trees adapting to environmental facts (fire) with the erroneous idea that trees want to do something and so...
Kay
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Jul 9, 2009 5:29 am
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In many cases we have applied the empathetic fallacy to objects that do not think, feel or emote. Without explanation of how evolution works, they confuse...
Here we go again. Yesterday's Los Angeles fire in the Sepulveda Pass off the 405 was, "believed to have been sparked by a tool used during a weed-abatement...
Hmm.this has me wondering too. Has the trait of re-sprouting evolved due to the advent of sharper pruning tools? As we all know, human beings have long shaped...
WILDERNESS CAMPAIGN TO LEAD HIKING TRIP TO AGUA TIBIA PALOMAR MOUNTAIN ON SATURDAY, JULY 25 Agua Tibia Palomar Mountain Proposed Wilderness Day Hike Saturday,...
Hello Geoffrey, I wish I could attend this one. But I have to lead a walk that day. Jim Peugh ... From: Geoffrey Smith To: 'Geoffrey Smith' Sent: Sunday, July...