The California Chaparral Institute

...the voice of the chaparral

ABOUT US

SHOP/MEMBERSHIP

MEMBER PAGE

NEWS and EVENTS

CONTACT & LINKS

THE CHAPARRALIAN

BOOK EXCERPTS

CHAPARRAL FACTS

a. Where's the chaparral?

b. Old-growth chaparral

c. Plants & animals

d. Chaparral geology

e. Tiny things

CHAPARRAL MYTHS

NAT. FOREST PLAN

2007 FIRES

FIRE & NATURE

a. Desert fires

b. Grass fires

c. Forest fires

FIRE & SCIENCE

FIRE & PEOPLE

a. Firefighters

b. Protecting your home

c. The human habitat

d. Fire literacy

e. Native Americans

FIRE & POLITICS

a. Industry advocate

b. Talk Radio

THREATS TO CHAPARRAL

a. California ugly

b. Rancho Guejito

VERNAL POOLS

WILDNESS WITHIN

NATURE EDUCATION

a. Wild Networks

San Diego County Wild

b. Chaparral Kids!

c. Recommended Books

d. Bibliography

SITE MAP

NEWS and EVENTS

UPCOMING EVENTS


August 9, 2008: San Luis Obispo Botanical Garden. 1PM.

December 1-4, 2008: The California Association for Fire Ecology conference in San Diego, California with focus on "Changing Fire Regimes, Goals and Ecosystems" on the Pacific Coast.

 

LATEST NEWS

April 1, 2008: BLACK TUESDAY. In testimony to Congress on April 1, 2008, US Forest Service Chief Abigail Kimball and her boss, Undersecretary of Agriculture Mark Rey, failed to support the US Forest Service firefighters they represent by dismissing critical problems facing USFS firefighters today. See our Firefighters page for more details.

February 19, 2008: The San Diego Regional Fire Safety Forum has just relased 11 position papers on how to better adapt to a fire prone environment. Please visit their website to view or download the documents.

Here is the Land Use/Fuel Management position paper we put together.

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