Great places to see birds in California’s Central Valley
Pop across Highway 37 (enjoying the bird-filled Napa-Sonoma Marshes along the way) and in 30 minutes you’re in another avian ...
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Pop across Highway 37 (enjoying the bird-filled Napa-Sonoma Marshes along the way) and in 30 minutes you’re in another avian ...
AOL13 天
Why Shrubland Makes Southern California’s Wildfires Inevitable
Unlike the forests or the prairie, fires in the chaparral are infrequent and intensely hot. While the Native Americans in California deliberately set fires to shrubland, they were not trying to ...
The California train loop among '7 wonders of the railroad world'
The Tehachapi Loop in California's Central Valley is a 3,799-foot-long rail spiral that first allowed passenger trains to ...
Fast Company6 天
The GOP blamed the L.A. fires on California’s ‘forest management.’ But that’s not ...
“There aren’t any.” Unlike mountains in parts of Northern California that are filled with pine and cedar trees, the hills around L.A. are covered in chaparral, an ecosystem made up of small ...
USA Today12 天
'A new wildfire paradigm': Why California fires are growing larger and more destructive
In a state that averages more than 7,500 wildfires a year some California homeowners keep ... that promoted plant growth in the surrounding chaparral and coastal sage scrub, said Glen MacDonald ...
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What’s happening in LA? Breaking down the science behind the Palisades and Eaton fires
By Jess Carey Southern California is facing one of the most detrimental natural disasters in recent history. Over 12,000 homes and businesses have been destroyed or damaged and at least 25 people ...
Los Angeles Daily News5 天
How drought has hurt Southern California, and what it means for the future
a fire ecologist with the California Chaparral Institute in Escondido on Jan. 23. Ecosystems are used to this seesaw effect, he said and fire is part of the Mediterranean climate of Southern ...