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Mapping the Faults in Our Landscape
Continue readingWhen you go for a walk at Pepperwood, you can’t help but be captivated by the stunning landscape—rolling hills, golden grasslands, and majestic oak woodlands create a scene that feels like it’s straight out of a storybook. The area features montane ponds and cool, mature forest ecosystems with seasonal creeks, providing essential climate refugia that […]
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Healthy Grasslands: Bastions of Biodiversity & Carbon Capture Champs
Continue readingDon’t underestimate the importance of grasslands for climate regulation, carbon sequestration, wildfire risk mitigation. Our grassland monitoring reveals the truth about these heroic ecosystems… (12 min. read)
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How a Free Workshop on Good Fire Is Changing Lives and Building Community
Continue readingHow to promote community while building wildfire resilience through stewardship with prescribed burns and good fire. (15 min. read)
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Our Frontline Against a Changing Climate
Continue readingWhat is a scientific field station? These sites monitor long-term changes in our environment, detecting shifts and trends. But there’s more to it than that… (7 min. read)
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If You Must Fence, Be Wildlife-friendlier
Continue readingHumans have been using fences for nearly 10,000 years. By now, we should have learned how to construct fences in a way that does not harm wildlife or obstruct the movement of resources. But have we? Pepperwood explores these issues and demonstrates how we can do better. (15 min. read)
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Why We Need Prescribed Burns
Continue readingHow to promote community while building wildfire resilience through stewardship with prescribed burns and good fire. (15 min. read)
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🦇 Batting for Biodiversity: Bat Monitoring at Pepperwood
Continue readingDid you know that over half of North America’s bat species are facing significant decline? Using innovative audio tech we’re monitoring the health of our bat populations… (9 min. read)
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Empowering Environmental Education in Sonoma County
Continue readingDid you know that over half of North America’s bat species are facing significant decline? Using innovative audio tech we’re monitoring the health of our bat populations… (9 min. read)
