It is crucial to understand the role winds play in California fires.
Tag: wildfire
Essays, Fire
Solving the West’s Wildfire Problem Means Solving Human Problems
There’s room for Native ecological practices in California’s fire management, Chuck Striplen writes — but we have work to do first.
Fall Issue 2018
Bay Area Filmmaker Looks for Answers About the Future of Wildfire
Kevin White hopes we can re-think our relationship to fire.
Winter Issue 2018
California’s Massive Fires Reveal Our Illusion of Control Over Disasters
The scale of this year’s California fires has changed the conversation about disaster and recovery.
Ask the Naturalist
How Vulnerable Are Other Parts Of The Bay Area To Wildfires?
How vulnerable are we to fire and what we can do about it? Fire ecologist Sasha Berleman answers.
Fire
North Bay Open Space Managers Wait To Survey Losses
What remains of Sonoma and Napa’s natural landscapes is still unknown as open space personnel attend to human losses.
Stewardship, Urban Nature
East Bay hills tree removal debate catches fire
A plan for tree removal in the East Bay hills is open for public comment until June 17. We talk to a biologist, historian, gardener, land manager, and critic.
Summer Issue 2012
Taming the Flames
The 1991 Oakland Hills firestorm left no doubt that big fires happen in the East Bay. Now, the East Bay Regional Park District is fighting fire with fire at Redwood Regional Park, one part of a massive effort to reduce fire danger across thousands of acres in the East Bay Hills.
Fall Issue 2009
Naturalist’s Notebook: One Year After a Fire on San Bruno Mountain
A year after fire burned through San Bruno Mountain, artist Jack Laws visited to see the recovery of Buckeye and Owl canyons.
