Category Archives: Life in California

Weekend Postcard from Lake County – Mt. Konocti

This is Mount Konocti in the morning last week after a cold front blew through. ============================== Here’s an update from our National Weather Service for today. Looks like we’ll get more frosting on Mount Konocti, elev. 4305 ft (1312.2 m): THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SACRAMENTO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 2000 FEETContinue reading “Weekend Postcard from Lake County – Mt. Konocti”

Postcard from Lake County – Mt. Konocti

This is Mount Konocti in the morning last week after a cold front blew through. ============================== Here’s an update from our National Weather Service for today. Looks like we’ll get more frosting on Mount Konocti, elev. 4305 ft (1312.2 m): THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SACRAMENTO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 2000 FEETContinue reading “Postcard from Lake County – Mt. Konocti”

Postcard from Berkeley

Last Saturday, Mary and I were going to meet with the daughter of Walter Lowdermilk–a Rhodes scholar, forester, and soil scientist–and were too early. So we wandered off to toward Tilden Regional Park and happened across the Berkeley Rose Garden. It’s on a hillside in a shallow draw that looks perfect for a concert. WeContinue reading “Postcard from Berkeley”

Clearcutting, Climate Change, and the Center for Biological Diversity

“A clearcut is about as beneficial to the climate as a new coal-fired power plant.” – spokesman for the Center for Biological Diversity Spin consumes science Such a sound bite is ‘spin;’ and we should not confuse such political posturing with fact. Perception trumps truth and the California Air Resources Board has caved to politicalContinue reading “Clearcutting, Climate Change, and the Center for Biological Diversity”

Governor Schwarzenegger, AB 32, and Global Warming: Code Redd

“When the search for truth is confused with political advocacy, the pursuit of knowledge is reduced to the quest for power.“- Alston Chase, author of “Playing God in Yellowstone.” ‘Redd’ is another ort in the acronym soup of climate-speak from the United Nation’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC); it stands for “Reducing Emissions fromContinue reading “Governor Schwarzenegger, AB 32, and Global Warming: Code Redd”

A Green Recovery

This was written by Bill Keye, Government Affairs Specialist for the California Licensed Foresters Association. On a scale not seen since the Great Depression, unemployment and underemployment continue to grind away at California and the United States.  27 years ago, in November, 1982, the unemployment rate in the Golden State hit 11.0%.  It hung aroundContinue reading “A Green Recovery”

Extending THP Time

An article on the California Progress Report website says that California Assembly Bill (AB) 1066 would weaken environmental protections provided by the the Z’berg-Nejedly Forest Practice Act. Taking An Ax To Forest Protection: Legislature Poised To Weaken Timber Harvest Plans was written by Traci Sheehan, Executive Director of the Planning and Conservation League. She contends, “Even after severalContinue reading “Extending THP Time”