Environmental News

Two years into a reforestation campaign, the country has yet to meet 1 percent of its objective, sowing worry about the level of financial commitment from the government. And some fret that planting trees may not be an optimal strategy for countering climate change or fulfilling other environmental goals.

Wildfires killed up to a fifth of the world’s giant sequoias in just two years, but stopping the devastation requires lighting even more fires in their groves.

Becky Feasby, a sustainable florist and owner of Prairie Girl Flowers in Calgary, said she had two thoughts when she saw the royal tributes. First, that the bulk of those flowers was likely imported. Second, she was struck by the “sheer volume of plastic wrapping.” 

Scientists and environmentalists appeal for more data, noting that research on the ammonia emissions from processed manure raises troubling questions about a vital element of California’s climate change strategy.

Methods to save your own seeds, and contribute to the EPL’s Seed Library (which you can borrow from too.)

Beauty, efficiency go hand-in-hand with native greenery at home of John and Teri Keating

Capone and the Tule River Parkway Association in conjunction with the Alta Peak Chapter of the California Native Plant Society are doing their part to try to save the Monarch Butterfly, which was declared endangered over the summer.

There will be 100 Narrowleaf Milkweed plants given away from 10 to 11 a.m. Sunday, September 11 at the Tule River Parkway.

The North Coast Chapter of the California Native Plant Society will hold its annual fall plant sale Sept. 24 and 25 at its volunteer-run nursery at Freshwater Farms Reserve (a North Coast Regional Land Trust property), 5851 Myrtle Ave., Eureka.

In their short documentary “Saging the World,” filmmakers Rose Ramirez and Deborah Small explain the importance of the plant in pollination, how the native plant differs from the herb found in supermarkets which originated in Albania, and the threat to its existence as the land on which it grows is being shared by non-Native people contorting its use.