A journalist spends two years documenting the dramatic changes that the Morgan Fire brought to Mount Diablo.
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Diablo Recovery
Two Years in Photos: From “Scorched Earth” to “It’s a Jungle” on Mount Diablo
Spring has brought new plants, and new cover, to the fire recovery zone on Mount Diablo.
Diablo Recovery
A Landscape Shaped By Fear on Mount Diablo
What causes the strip of bare dirt between chaparral and grassland? A researcher tests the idea of a “scurry zone” on Mount Diablo.
Diablo Recovery
There Are Insects on Mount Diablo, and This Scientist Is Out to Find Them
When it comes to documenting the world’s insect life, even places like Mount Diablo are full of unknowns, which UC Berkeley entomologist Kip Will finds exciting—and frustrating.
Diablo Recovery
What a Great Wildflower Year Looks Like in the Spring
Regular visitors to Mount Diablo are calling this spring one of the best wildflower years they’ve ever seen. Here’s what that looked like in May in the Morgan Fire burn area.
Archive, Diablo Recovery
Watch the Recovery Live
Nerds for Nature has installed posts at several spots in the fire area, where you can take pictures and give them a hashtag to feed them into a slideshow documenting change on Mount Diablo.
Climate Change, Diablo Recovery
Fire Followers Arrive, with Scientists Right Behind
An expert in rare plants, Heath Bartosh is especially interested in “fire followers,” plants whose seeds stay buried in the ground until heat or smoke stimulates germination. These annuals flourish for one to three years. And then they’re gone—until the next fire.
Botany, Diablo Recovery
Mount Diablo’s Chamise, Researcher Shows, Likes It Hot
A Berkeley researcher is using chamise seeds collected from Mount Diablo this fall to explore the plant’s response to fire.
Winter Issue 2014
Oasis on Mount Diablo: Perkins Canyon’s Trial By Fire
The Morgan Fire transformed more than 3,100 acres of meadow, chaparral, and woodland on Mount Diablo’s south and east sides, including Perkins Canyon. “It was a once-in- a-generation event,” says Seth Adams — the biggest fire on the mountain since 1977.
