The 2020 fire season shattered records, burning 4.35 million acres across the state of California in a matter of months. Drought, development, and the unknown future effects of climate change haunt old-growth forests and ancient landscapes across the state. Forest mismanagement and increased temperatures have threatened and damaged our forests like never before. This year […]
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For 30 years, CSERC has used photo-detection cameras to search for rare wildlife. We consistently partner with the US Forest Service (and also at times with the Park Service) to survey areas where sensitive, threatened, or endangered wildlife species might be found. While cameras can confirm that an animal is present, not getting a photo […]
WASHINGTON – The National Park Service has selected Cicely Muldoon, a 35-year veteran of the National Park Service, as the new permanent superintendent of Yosemite National Park. Muldoon has been serving as the acting superintendent since January. “Cicely is widely regarded as one of the most outstanding and compassionate leaders across the National Park Service. […]
THIS IS YOUR CHANCE TO GIVE YOUR INPUT TO A GOVERNMENT AGENCY THAT KILLS “PROBLEM” WILDLIFE TO BENEFIT AGRICULTUREOver CSERC’s years of advocacy on behalf of wildlife, we’ve periodically raised alarm about a taxpayer-funded federal-state program that kills huge numbers of wildlife. Originally called “Animal Damage Control,” the program these days goes under the pleasant-sounding […]
This year California black oaks (Quercus kelloggii) have been producing a bountiful crop of acorns – referred to as a mast. We often think of acorns as only being the food source for birds and small critters such as chipmunks and squirrels, but animals such as black bears and deer also rely on these nutritional […]
Well-known climate scientist Dr. Leroy Westerling – from U.C. Merced – recently presented at the October meeting of the Amador Calaveras Consensus Group (ACCG) with grim predictions based on the latest fire research data and long-term modeling simulations. This year’s extreme wildfires have been a strong match with Dr. Westerling’s past scientific modeling predictions for […]
CSERC has been a strong voice in supporting the increased pace and scale of fire managed on our National Forests. We need to increase prescribed fire and cultural burning to public lands in order to mitigate the intensity and size of mega wildfires. Low to moderate severity fires can bring widespread ecological benefits to the […]
WILDFIRES COLLECTIVELY AFFECT THE LOCAL REGION Some with “good” effects and some causing “heartbreaking” impacts CSERC strongly supports getting low-to-moderate-severity fire back into the forest ecosystem of the central region of the Sierra Nevada. The region’s forests evolved naturally with fire. When agencies do carefully managed prescribed burns or they allow well-managed low-intensity wildfires to […]
As large wildfires spread across the West, smoke plumes often rise high into the atmosphere, sending toxic air far from the fire’s origin. As you look out your window you may still be seeing the thick blanket of smoke that has covered California from coastal cities to the Sierra Nevada; but the smoke doesn’t stop […]