Private landowners in California hold a huge amount of forest that’s primed to burn.
Jane Braxton Little
Based in the northern Sierra Nevada, Jane Braxton Little is an independent journalist covering science and natural resource issues for publications that include Scientific American, National Geographic, Audubon, Discover, High Country News, and Bay Nature.
Raptors Rather Than Rodenticide
October 12, 2021 •
Replacing pesticides with barn owls for rodent control was one of several innovations that marked a new appetite for more environmentally sustainable production in California vineyards.
In its Last Bankruptcy PG&E Promised California 140,000 Acres for Conservation. Where Did They All Go?
June 21, 2020 •
Some say a landmark conservation deal is now a “vision unfulfilled”
Can California Reverse Biodiversity Decline?
March 24, 2020 •
At a time when development is paving over habitat and climate change is transforming ecosystems at an unprecedented pace, California Secretary for Natural Resources Wade Crowfoot says the state has a moral imperative to focus on biodiversity.
‘There’s No Ambiguity. It Will Be Gone.’ How Animals Will Feel the Warming Climate
September 20, 2019 •
An examination of Northern California illustrates the challenges of trying to predict the future for evolving species.