Natural Resource Management

Fellow Story

Adams co-authors “Solastalgia to Soliphilia: Cultural Fire, Climate Change, and Indigenous Healing”

Abstract: Wildly destructive fires, wind driven through unmanaged and untended lands, take lives and homes and the solace of familiar places. Ash blankets the remains, trauma takes hold, but even when the smoke clears and communities begin...
June 21, 2023
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Orona talks Water Sovereignty and Artistry on Water Talk

“I’ve always been struck that people don’t know the very intensive history of activism in Northwestern California. There have been Supreme Court cases that have decided major land issues. The Klamath River dam removal, when it happens, will...
June 21, 2023
Fellow Story

Switzer Fellows Book List

Read up on the latest titles released by fellows in our Switzer Fellows Book List. This running list includes titles ranging from young adult fiction to socio-environmental research, and from the wildlife of the Northeast to the wildflowers...
June 21, 2023
Fellow Story

These Trees Tell a Story solves ecological mysteries by reading landscapes

Tying together geology, ecology, biology, soil, evolution, conservation, and more, Noah Charney’s new book shows how and why landscapes appear in their current forms.
May 17, 2023
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Jensen advocates for protection of CA biodiversity jewel Molok Luyuk

Described as a ‘botanical wonderland’, the rocky ridge is home to more than 30 species of rare plants and Indigenous village sites, the Guardian reports.
May 17, 2023
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Kaiȧulu: Gathering Tides with Mehana Blaich Vaughan

he InCommon Podcast interviewed Mehana, exploring how she came to write her book Kaiȧulu: Gathering Tides, and the themes and stories the book illuminates.
May 16, 2023
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Milakovsky presents on the impacts of Russia’s war on Ukraine’s forests

The webinar explored how the current war is affecting Ukraine’s forests, the social-environmental history and present day effects of war and climate change on these forest-steppe ecosystems and the people that live there.
April 17, 2023
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Fraga quoted in Guardian on ramifications of superbloom recreation

Naomi Fraga was featured in the Guardian story: California town hopes to put tourists off the scent as another super bloom looms.
March 21, 2023
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Zeller finds protected areas unlikely to be steppingstones for climate-induced range shifts

It is often assumed that protected areas can serve as steppingstone habitats, but there are several factors that may impede successful range shifts among protected areas.
March 21, 2023
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Mulvaney quoted on proposal to open public lands to solar companies

As the nation looks to transition to more forms of renewable energy, the country’s millions of acres of public lands could be key, drawing concerns over how local habitats could be impacted.
March 15, 2023