HI KJ - I love to learn something new every day, and Metanoia comes through again. Thanks for the lovely image of your bare fingers caring for Delta Smelt, protecting their individuals from death, their species from extinction, and their good name from corporate badmouthing. All in one paragraph!
A picture can be worth 1,000 words, even if the picture is made of words.
In return, here are two resources on fire, which you can use to swat aside "Corporate Smelt Bashing". One is a video I made, showing that Old Growth forests hold 20 times the water than clearcut plantations. California has clearcut 97% of its Old Growth, some for agriculture, roads, and cities, but some for the logging industry to grow their little plantations on. There are now more Sequoias in England than California. That land degradation adds up to perhaps 100 cubic kilometres of water lost from the landscape, and perhaps a billion tonnes less C02 captured from the atmosphere every year, which cooks our planet.
I also wanted to pass along the book Smokescreen, written by California's own Chad T Hanson, available in local bookstores, where he identifies the cause of the extreme wildfires, and the best way to protect communities. This article has an introduction to his work, but the book is a must-read, in my humble opinion, (not to be confused with the Truth).
Thank you so much for these additional resources Ben. I’ve shared them and I hope others come across this. What is left of our old growth forests are still in danger.
Tx. I see my work as parallel to preserving the remaining Old Growth. Both are vital. Restoring our plantations would actually take the pressure off the remaining, too. cheers!
HI KJ - I love to learn something new every day, and Metanoia comes through again. Thanks for the lovely image of your bare fingers caring for Delta Smelt, protecting their individuals from death, their species from extinction, and their good name from corporate badmouthing. All in one paragraph!
A picture can be worth 1,000 words, even if the picture is made of words.
In return, here are two resources on fire, which you can use to swat aside "Corporate Smelt Bashing". One is a video I made, showing that Old Growth forests hold 20 times the water than clearcut plantations. California has clearcut 97% of its Old Growth, some for agriculture, roads, and cities, but some for the logging industry to grow their little plantations on. There are now more Sequoias in England than California. That land degradation adds up to perhaps 100 cubic kilometres of water lost from the landscape, and perhaps a billion tonnes less C02 captured from the atmosphere every year, which cooks our planet.
https://sevengenerationsforestry.ca/eco-forestry/long-ecoforestry-video
I also wanted to pass along the book Smokescreen, written by California's own Chad T Hanson, available in local bookstores, where he identifies the cause of the extreme wildfires, and the best way to protect communities. This article has an introduction to his work, but the book is a must-read, in my humble opinion, (not to be confused with the Truth).
https://grist.org/fix/opinion/forest-thinning-logging-makes-wildfires-worse/
Have a lovely day. I shall celebrate the Delta Smelt for the rest of mine.
Thank you so much for these additional resources Ben. I’ve shared them and I hope others come across this. What is left of our old growth forests are still in danger.
Tx. I see my work as parallel to preserving the remaining Old Growth. Both are vital. Restoring our plantations would actually take the pressure off the remaining, too. cheers!