The Smokey Wire : National Forest News and Views
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Here’s a link to the story. Note that it is part of the Climate Desk collaboration, described here. The reporter starts out with the Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation, who did not want a wind turbine project in a specific place. That’s what happened earlier this month when the Biden administration expanded a national monument to … Read more
My thoughts as admittedly a non-Fire person. * News for me was that “PODS which should be nearly complete in the West”. I’m not sure the link between their completion and the public knowing where they are is complete. Would appreciate observations of others. * I’m also not sure I appreciate this “Our focus must … Read more
This is under the tab for “other”. I think most of them are rural schools funds but maybe not. NFF seems to have two $100 mill ish and one 50 mill ish all started in 2023. *************** Also the Great Basin Institute is not a Keystone but did get 59 mill. Looks like that … Read more
Awhile back I attended a Western Governors conference, and Lesli Allison of Western Landowners Alliance asked the question “what if we think of ranchers as partners, rather than antagonists”? Could we actually make more progress toward conservation?” I thought of her question when I recently read about PERC ‘s Brucellosis Compensation Fund. PERC’s collaboration … Read more
Apologies if someone posted about this already…. Link is here. Amidst the increasing threat of wildfires, the USDA Forest Service has taken a proactive stance by implementing the comprehensive 10-year Wildfire Crisis Strategy designed to confront the crisis in areas posing the most immediate threats to communities. The NWTF, with a longstanding history of partnering … Read more
The above is from this OEC website. You can click on it to see the numbers better. I can’t attest to the accuracy of these numbers. They are relevant to the story at the end. Interesting E&E News article, and I was curious about some things mentioned, perhaps readers can help out with more information? … Read more
Some of you may remember the Patrick Brown and Nature kerfuffle. I’ve got a whole future post that on “Patrick Brown didn’t go far enough” and one of the “emperor has no clothes” issues is that many climate modelers don’t, or can’t, incorporate actions of people on the landscape to adapt. Often, they don’t involve … Read more
I know that given what folks have heard about Google Gemini, you are curious about its take on The Smokey Wire. I posted it below. Of course, Google knows that I am me, so maybe it tailored its response to be nice. Maybe others would like to try? Here’s a link. Feel free to ask … Read more
I am reposting this because I think it’s important and perhaps people missed it because Steve also posted yesterday. The question for readers who are currently working or involved in collaborative groups is “do you think some of these ideas are worth considering in your part of the country?” There are many news stories … Read more
Here’s a link to the planning effort. Here’s a link to the report. We had an offer from the FS to answer questions about the effort, so if you have questions please put them in the comments. It’s at a pretty strategic level. It would be interesting to compare this with the BLM Blueprint for … Read more