Building Ecological Resilience

by Gloria

All farmers, ranchers and people of the land face natural risks. In response, they develop time-tested techniques, passing their wisdom down through generations. But there’s trouble brewing in nature and it’s serving up risks at speeds that provide little chance for protracted observation, experience or intergenerational knowledge development. The major issue is climate change, better… Read more

Phytomigration: Moving Forests

by Marc Flora

“Simplify, simplify.”       Henry David Thoreau Something terrible is happening and only you can save the day. The forests of western North America are dying.  Bugs, drought and disease are killing trees by the hundreds of millions. This is severely impacting the dependent understory plants and wildlife. The pace of this carnage increases every year.  Although… Read more