Blog – Pepperwood Preserve

CAL FIRE VLOG – Prescribed Burn at Pepperwood Monday 11/21

on December 1, 2022

CAL FIRE Sonoma-Lake-Napa Unit, in partnership with Pepperwood, conducted a 38-acre prescribed burn on the reserve Monday, November 21. The project size targeted treatment of up to 38 acres…

Announcement, Blog, Community, Intentional Fire, Stewardship

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Questions about Good Fire

on November 23, 2022

While most of our friends and neighbors have shared their enthusiasm for the integration of “Good Fire” into Pepperwood’s stewardship, some have also expressed concerns – especially about impacts…

Blog, Community, Controlled Burning, Fire Ecology for Non-Scientists, Fire Mitigation, Fire Resilience, Good Fire, Intentional Fire, Leadership, Preserve Management, Stewardship, Tubbs Fire, Wildfire

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Good Fire for California

on November 16, 2022

This area had been thinned and prepped to receive good fire for more than two years before the…

Blog, Climate Change, Community, Controlled Burning, Fire Ecology for Non-Scientists, Fire Mitigation, Fire Resilience, Good Fire, Intentional Fire, Leadership, Preserve Management, Stewardship, Tubbs Fire, Wildfire

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VLOG: Meet the People Who Brought Cultural Burning Back to Pepperwood

on November 1, 2022

Clint McKay’s people have known this land since time immemorial. The Wappo People have been tending the place we now call Pepperwood with intentional fire known as cultural burning…

Biodiversity, Blog, Indigenous Science, Intentional Fire, Native Advisory Council, Stewardship, Wildfire

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New York Times VLOG: Meet the People Burning California to Save It

on October 24, 2022

Back in July of 2021, the New York Times did a short film and explainer about the need for controlled burning in California. The setting actually took place here…

Blog, Controlled Burning, Fire Resilience, Good Fire, Intentional Fire, Leadership, Prescribed Fire, Stewardship, Wildfire

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TBC3 2022: The Dynamics of Live Fuel Moisture and Fire Behavior

on October 3, 2022

By Eve Lynch Communications Intern Above: Scientists and traveling scholars enjoy sharing meals and nature together at TBC3. The Science Collaboration Looking into California’s Changing…

Blog, Climate Change, Community, Conservation, conservation science, Fire Mitigation, Leadership, Stewardship, TBC3, Wildfire

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The Power of Language and Nature

on September 15, 2022

By Stephanie Rosario Gonzalez Gonzalez Bilingual Environmental Educator Above: Stephanie Gonzalez leads a public hike conducted in Spanish. My relationship with the Spanish language has…

Blog, Community, Education, Spanish Language Access

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Supporting and Enhancing Biodiversity (vlog)

on September 1, 2022

By Michelle Halbur (Preserve Ecologist), with filming by Ian A. Nelson

Biodiversity, Blog, Climate Change, Community, Grasslands, Intentional Fire, Research, Science, Stewardship

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Art-inspired Connections to Nature

on August 22, 2022

By Ben F. Benson (Cultural Resources Coordinator & Gallery Director) I see art as a key to the health of our…

Arts & Culture, Blog, Community

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Measuring Streamflow in Sonoma County Headwaters

on August 15, 2022

By Ryan Ferrell (Research Scientist) This isn’t the first time I’ve had to lug thousands of pounds-worth of supplies into the remote…

Blog, Conservation, Research, Science, TBC3

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