The Making of a Naturalist’s Notebook
September 01, 2009 by Daniel McGlynn
Watch artist Jack Laws as he illustrates a page about fire on SanBruno Mountain for the October-December 2009 issue of …
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Wildfire in California
October 01, 2008 by Aleta George
On the first day of summer, a thunderstorm crackled across much of California. Eight thousand lightning strikes ignited over 2,000 …
Book Review: Introduction to Fire in California
October 01, 2008 by Laura Hautala
by David Carle, UC Press, 2008, 236 pages, $18.95
This year’s record fire season made it undeniable: Fire is a …
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The Bright Side of Fire
September 05, 2008 by Sue Rosenthal
Hot days and a dry year mean major fire danger in the Bay Area. But many plants are adapted to fire, and some even need it to reproduce. Even so, there’s a lot we don’t know about the natural rhythms of fire.
Fire Ecology Resources
July 01, 2007 by Matthew Bettelheim
Organizations
The California Fire Safe Council (CFSC) fosters the creation of local and county Fire Safe councils; they provide information …
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A Landscape Renewed by Fire
July 01, 2005 by Geoffrey Coffey
Enter the woods on Inverness Ridge and pause for a moment to listen. Natural history weaves itself into stories for …
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Getting Burned
July 01, 2005 by Geoffrey Coffey
Fire dwells deep in the human psyche. It is among the oldest of words, the most elemental of tools, and …
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Out of the Flames
July 01, 2005 by Bay Nature Staff
On October 3, 1995, a wildfire erupted on Mount Vision at Point Reyes National Seashore. Before the flames were extinguished a week later, 12,000 acres of this popular park had been scorched, and 45 nearby homes burned to the ground. A decade later, we return to Point Reyes for a lesson in local fire ecology to see how the landscape—and the community—were reshaped and renewed by the blaze.
