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Kern leads state in uprooting almond trees | News

May 5, 2024

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City works with Columbia University to gauge attitudes on combining ag, solar farms | News

April 9, 2024

Kern County grand jury lauds Kern’s mosquito control district | News

March 29, 2024

How Rapa Nui Lost a Tree, Only to Have It Sprout Up Elsewhere | Science

March 26, 2024

The tree that goes by toromiro has been a fragile expat for more than a half-century. Little Sophora toromiro, is far from home, no longer present on Rapa Nui, the Pacific island where it evolved. Also known as Easter Island, or Isla de Pascua in Spanish, Rapa Nui is a speck of land in the …

These Researchers Are Digging Into the Understudied Science of Roots | Science

March 19, 2024

Maddie Bender Freelance writer Picture a plant—your favorite flower, an herb from an outdoor garden or a stately tree. As you visualize the elements of the flora, did you remember to include the roots? If you didn’t, you’re in good company. “Roots definitely are central to plant systems, but when it comes to attention and …

In Minnesota, Researchers Are Moving Trees Farther North to Save Forests | Science

March 16, 2024

John H. Tibbetts, Knowable Magazine On a brisk September morning, Brian Palik’s footfalls land quietly on a path in flickering light, beneath a red pine canopy in Minnesota’s iconic Northwoods. A mature red pine, also called Norway pine, is a tall, straight overstory tree that thrives in cold winters and cool summers. It’s the official …

Sierra Club, environmental groups file suit against Sequoia National Forest wildfire restoration plans | News

March 4, 2024

Sequoia National Forest’s plan to address impacts of the Castle and Windy fires has been challenged in court by three environmental organizations. The 2020 Castle fire burned through all or part of 10 giant sequoia groves on Giant Sequoia National Monument northeast of Bakersfield. The 2021 Windy fire began on the Tule River Reservation and …

Forest Service addresses wolves as it plans for Castle, Windy Fire restoration | News

January 4, 2024

Officials with Sequoia National Forest expect to continue this spring with projects intended to protect giant sequoia groves from stand-replacing fires. The U.S. Forest Service released decision notices Thursday for both the Castle Fire Ecological Restoration Project and the Windy Fire Restoration Project. × This page requires Javascript. Javascript is required for you to be able …

Underpaid and understaffed, Kern rangers struggle to keep ranks | News

December 12, 2023

Under a circle of trees and standing on a landscaped knoll that comprises the majority of Heritage Park’s southern edge, Vito Alvarez scans from left to right, and grimaces at what he sees: a couple of tents, spaced apart, but each ramshackle in their tarp-stick-and-rope frames, to the public restrooms 50 feet away, littered with …

Bakersfield ‘Southeast Strong’ poised to win $22.5 million state climate grant | News

December 6, 2023

Morning bingo was interrupted at the Bakersfield Senior Center on Monday for an important announcement: There’s a multimillion-dollar jackpot and they’re all splitting the pot. It turns out the city of Bakersfield expects to be awarded $22.5 million as a successful recipient of the state’s Transformative Climate Communities grant program. Gathered at the Bakersfield Senior …