The Cobb Watershed Education and Restoration Program (Cobb WERP) is making history in Lake County by facilitating partnerships between private landowners and local Tribal communities to improve creekside land stewardship. During its first year of operation, six events – two community forums and four workshops – were held on properties owned and managed by Mandala Springs Wellness Retreat, the Cobb Water District, and multiple individual landowners, with acreage ranging from less than 0.5 acres to over 100 acres.
In December, as rains were predicted in California, I performed the annual ritual of removing my go bag from its place in the living room and stashing it in a storage closet. From spring until early winter the bag, filled with emergency supplies, sits just inside my front door, ready to grab in the event […]
Study details environmental impacts of early Chaco residents Susan Montoya Bryan, Associated PressResearchers at the University of Cincinnati say they…
Over several days in October, about 80 acres (32.4ha) on the Yurok reservation in the United States were set aflame in a programme that teaches ancient skills of treating land with fire.