Here is a link to one of my websites with maps and the database on archeological sites in America older than 11,200 years. This was done in 2021 since then I have documented many other sites that are older. www.tipdba.ca/about-dr-ste...
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Happy Winter Solstice! This coast redwood is feeling the LOVE today. (Yearly images taken on the same date and at the same time if day.) #SaveTheRedwoods #FireMimicry ππ₯π³π
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It's not all about the oaks here at Sudden Oak Life. We care for pines too ...
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Turns out that reviving oaks is not too difficult ...πππ²π₯π³π§ͺππͺΆπ°
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This approach is focused improving tree health, not on controlling pests or pathogens. Theoretically it should work for other pests and pathogens, but not proven.
Yesterday I visited an oak grove in Monterey that was hit hard by an oakworm infestation in 2017. Following a couple of fire mimicry treatments the oaks seem to be recovering nicely!
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Moving forward, one tree at a time ...
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These findings refer to recent, post-colonial anthropogenic fires. Pre-colonial antrhopogenic fires would likely tell an entirely different story.
Different burn cycles for different landscapes: every 15 years, or seven years, four years, two years⦠It depends. infonews.ca/news/7435899...
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@bigthink.com Fascinating article by Ethan. My question is if there is a significant amount of information exchanged in the energy of a system, or within the universe, would that flow change the total energy of the system? bigthink.com/starts-with-...
I can always count on you @wildwoods.bsky.social to point out my many errors.
As a climate scientist I acknowledge that climate change affects forest decline. However, I do believe that lack of traditional management plays a far greater role in the health and carbon balance of our forests than climate. We can solve this problem ecologically long before we change the climate!
But the article you share makes no mention of cultural burning, which would have mitigated old-growth forest decline. It states that the "carbon lost to trees dying and decaying outstripped the carbon gained by trees growing to replace them." Yes, mature (tended) trees store more C than young trees!
Let's get real folks. Is this climate crisis or a lack of forest management? How many trees in this photo would have been present 100 years ago. I only see one, meaning that all the younger trees are competing with and limiting the growth of the mature trees around them. Cultural burning is the way!
Here is an excellent article explaining why I've been so focused these last 10 years on building a relationship with the local Esselen Tribe and helping steward their lands. My hope is that more of you will start forming a relationship with your local tribes. They have much to teach us! πππ²π₯π³π§ͺππͺΆπ±π¦
Many of you have requested this, so here it is. For the love of trees please share! π²β€οΈπππ₯π³π§ͺππͺΆπ±π¦
Yup! More than once. Even papers that claimed to have tested my methods, without contacting me or even actually testing my methods. This is why I'm an Independent Scientist. While still an academic, I'm free of the BS. I'm just applying my science and documenting the results.
βTo make shared stewardship meaningful, tribes must be allowed to lead within our own homelands. This means entering into long-term agreements that donβt just invite tribal input but are built around tribal vision, tribal priorities, and tribal knowledgeβ¦
It also means investing in our people.β
βYou donβt go and burn all your berries at the same time,β @amycardinal.bsky.social explained. βIndigenous fire management is based on intervalsβknowing when patches have been burned, which patches are getting overgrown. Itβs not a one-time, one-off approach. Itβs ongoing stewardship.β
βThereβs a school of thought that you can just put a fence around a forest and keep people out, and it will be protected, which is a very old-school view, a very colonial view. It comes from this idea that we came to a land that was βemptyβ and there for the taking.β
Great story-map here. storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/a58f...
Massive oak tree
The Signing Oak - Windsor Great Park, Berkshire
Photo: Jeroen Philippona
Beautiful! Why is the base of the trunk white? Has limewash been applied?
Farms commonly spread crushed limestone on fields to make the soil less acidic. This practice is typically considered a source of emissions, but it may actually remove carbon from the atmosphere.
