Mission: "A network of scientific and community organizations, and public agencies working together to foster the recovery of our human and natural environment through sound science, public education, land and community restoration."
Co-Chairs:
Anne S. Fege, Ph.D., M.B.A.
Botany Research Associate
San Diego Natural History Museum
619-255-0269 office
www.sdnhm.org
afege@sdnhm.org
Bruce F. Goff, PhD Principal
GeomorphIS
619-787-7974
bfgoff@geomorphis.com
List Moderation and Volunteer Coordination:
Geoffrey D. Smith, MA
Wilderness4All
858.442.1425 cell
geoffrey@partners4nature.com
Photo: Cedar Fire from Northern Mira Mesa/Los Penasquitos Canyon Preserve, October 26, 2003, 11:30 am, Geoffrey Smith
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
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
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 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
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