We may not need to brace ourselves for “The Big One”, as do San Francisco and Sanford & Son, but we should prepare for worsening disturbances. Wildfire can be a natural disturbance of unpredictably enhancing qualities; but in a climate chaos century, in a fragmented … [Read more...] about The Wildfire Next Time
Split Rock Forest
Ground Fire: Split Rock Wild Forest
This weekend we received reports from Rock Harbor residents that a helicopter equipped with a suspended apparatus (a "hanging basket") was flying back and forth between Lake Champlain and the Split Rock Wild Forest, ostensibly shuttling water from the lake and dropping it on a … [Read more...] about Ground Fire: Split Rock Wild Forest
Naturalists Searching Champlain Valley for Rare Species
2015 ATBI BioBlitz in Westport, Essex, and Willsboro Area naturalists and their friends are converging in Willsboro and Essex on June 13th for the 2015 BioBlitz. A BioBlitz is a rapid inventory of organisms—common or rare, large or small, in a defined area. The Adirondack … [Read more...] about Naturalists Searching Champlain Valley for Rare Species