In The News
News articles that feature John Muir Project activities or quotes from JMP staff.
California Spotted Owls Using Burned Sierra Forest Slated for Logging
By Chris Clarke
PBS SoCal
33 breeding pairs of the declining spotted owls have taken up residence in burned forest in the Rim Fire area, will these homeranges be destroyed by logging or protected?
View ArticleFire Suppression and Illegal Marijuana Cultivation Threaten Rare Pacific Fishers
By Christie Turner
High Country News
The Pacific fisher, a small, carnivorous forest-dwelling mammal, is a candidate for listing under the federal Endangered Species Act this year, and big wildfire could be to blame – or rather, the lack of it.
View ArticleStudy Challenges Views About Western Forest Fires
By Scott Sonner, Associated Press
Missoulian
Scientists using field notes from surveys first conducted by the government before the Civil War believe they’ve gained a better understanding of how Western wildfires behaved historically.
View ArticleProtection Sought for Rare Woodpecker
By Scott Sonner, Associated Press
The Spokesman-Review
Smokey Bear has done such a good job stamping out forest fires the past half-century that a woodpecker that’s survived for millions of years is in danger of going extinct.
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