Climate Matters: Nature remains

by | 4 Jul 2021 | Climate, SLAM

Have you, like me, been enchanted by the pictures of tiny houses on the web and the alternate life possibilities that they hold out? While tiny houses could be described as a new phenomenon, Henry David Thoreau built and lived in his own tiny house in the mid 1800s in...

Climate Matters: Effects of the drought on trees

by | 23 Jun 2021 | Climate, Habitat, SLAM

The current drought has had a major impact on trees on the tablelands and western slopes. In some areas tree canopies have wilted and browned off. Sites most affected include rocky ridges and hillslopes with shallow soils with low water-holding capacity, typically on...