Call Of the Wild

“He was mastered by the sheer surging of life, the tidal wave of being"

I am happy to see studies debunking the myth that non-native species are bad news... as I've said many times, bio-nativism is a pseudo-science:

⦁ An unscientific bias against “feral” or “invasive” animals threatens to undercut one of the great stabilizing trends making ecosystems healthier, a new paper argues.

Introduced species such as feral pigs, horses, donkeys and camels represent a powerful force of “rewilding”  — the reintroduction of wild animals into ecosystems where humans had eradicated them — according to a study published Thursday in Science.

⦁ I had taken a break from going on my walk, and enough time had passed for a “restoration” crew to come along and degrade the landscape I loved. Many of the trees had been cut, sprayed with herbicide, and marked with red spray paint.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/7-reasons-to-rethink-the-narrative-of-invasive-plants/ar-BB1hdsfH?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=752f324474334724816093d53312debf&ei=36

and of course, the Channel Islands restorations are a total bust...keep that in mind when they start killing mule deer with snipers in helicopter on Catalina Island later this year...

"For years, environmental conservationists have waxed poetic about the benefits of landscaping with native vegetation. Native plants attract birds to your yard, are easy to care for, are not invasive, and naturally foster biodiversity. While it's undeniable that native vegetation has its perks — just ask a monarch butterfly — deep down, all these green benefits hide their fair share of grays, half-truths, and innocent lies. Native plants aren't the end-all, know-all ecological solution that they're touted to be, and that's because it's hard to get a grip on what truly makes a native plant... native."

LORD HAVE MERCY ON TREES: In parts of California and much of the Great Basin, landowners have declared war on pinyon pines and juniper trees, clearing them from rangelands with chains, bulldozers, saws and herbicides. At the same time, the trees are drawing increasing interest as a source of renewable energy — such as in California's Lassen County, where 150,000 tons of the trees are fed into the Honey Lake Power Plant each year to generate energy for customers including San Diego Gas & Electric.

this idiocy must stop!!!

Big storms approaching this weekend...a big'un is coming! 

big storms came and went...they were cool!

Evacuation warnings, high wind warnings, flash flooding, debris flows and landslides. 

I watched the trees bend...I stocked up on supplies: some blackened chicken and a few bottles of a nice red blend...and some blankets...

my companions-the hoot owls, the coyotes, the vultures-will be singing songs of the woods and marshes...

they are my sentries