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Surveying the Grasses
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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Consulting with the Soil: Nature’s Oracle
Continue readingSoil is the very foundation of our modern society, and it is a proverbial crystal ball for understanding the long-term patterns of our landscape.
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Nature is the Antidote
Continue readingTeens of today are living in a world that can easily make them cynical. Their lives are peppered with digital stimuli and programming, and in the progress we’ve made as a society the cost can be our creativity – if we surrender it.
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Early Wildfire Detection & Air Quality in Alexander Valley
Continue readingVisiting scholars at Pepperwood are analyzing the data of combining pile burning with invasive grass management and native plant restoration as a solution to the combined threat of invasive species spread and subsequent increased wildfire hazard.
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Exploring a Fiery Method for Replacing Invasive Grasses
Continue readingVisiting scholars at Pepperwood are analyzing the data of combining pile burning with invasive grass management and native plant restoration as a solution to the combined threat of invasive species spread and subsequent increased wildfire hazard.
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In All Seriousness, Pocket Gophers are a Keystone Species
Continue readingThey’re biofluorescent, they have pockets in their cheeks, and they’ll take out your broccoli in the time it takes to say “Thomomys bottae,” they just might be… the most interesting rodent in the world.
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Herpeto-Treasure Hunting: Adventures from the Field of Coverboard Monitoring
Continue reading“Helping out with coverboard monitoring is like a giant treasure hunt where we search for rarely seen critters that live hidden throughout the preserve,” says Bruce de Terra, a volunteer on the surprisingly thrilling coverboard monitoring project. This is his story.
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Vlog: Drift Fences & Tiny Critters
Continue readingHere at Pepperwood, we’re monitoring the health of our ecosystems. Wildlife monitoring takes up a big chunk of that task. Learn about an ingenious little wildlife monitoring tool called “drift fences” in this edition of Wild Wonders with educator, Julianne Bradbury.
