This weekend, sword ferns among the redwoods got their 15 minutes of fame as OpenRoad with Doug McConnell and the Santa Cruz Sentinel reported on how drought is impacting their vigor. My long-term research project Fern Watch has helped us realize that sword fern populations are dynamic and tell us a lot about recent weather … Continue reading
I’m so proud to be a contributing writer for the premier issue of Wild Hope. It’s a new print magazine about preserving Earth’s biodiversity co-created by naturalists, conservations, wildlife rehabilitators, veterinarians, biologists, ecologists, nature writers, photographers, and artists. My article reflects on climbing a redwood tree and is entitled, The World Above Us. You can order … Continue reading
It was a privilege to meet National Park Service Director, Jon Jarvis, at Muir Woods during BioBlitz 2014. Not even the torrential rain could dampen our enthusiasm for talking about redwood canopy exploration. In the U.S. Department of the Interior video above, you can catch a glimpse of me in my glorious red raincoat and … Continue reading
The new issue of Bay Nature has an article on the fantastic and ephemeral feature of our local climate — fog. The article, Demystifying Mist, describes the science of studying fog and conjures up images of misty forest days that are so familiar to me. Watching fog roll into the redwood forest and drip on … Continue reading
