That said @variablesource.bsky.social and I have been scaling up this analysis, and @sophielgilbert.bsky.social ‘s instincts are correct, Ladder fuel reduction treatments show a far quicker ROI

@wildwoods.bsky.social we chose commercial thinning in this case specifically because it is one of the most intense carbon removal treatments considered as fuel reduction treatment, and thus was a stringent test of any carbon benefit. T

Managing Wildfires Using A Centuries-Old Indigenous Practice The Karuk Tribe in Northern California has stewarded its home using prescribed burns for millennia. Now, they’re training others on the skill.

“It’s not just knowledge for knowledge’s sake. It’s about how to steward this place, it’s about actively, physically tending to this place and rebuilding these sacred relationships,” says Aja Conrad.

Frontiers | Rising from the ashes: treatments stabilize carbon storage in California’s frequent-fire forests The stability of seasonally dry Western mixed-conifer forests is threatened by the history of fire suppression, logging, and now increasing climate-driven ar...

Forest treatments work to reduce wildfire risk to carbon storage, and also to hot drought mortality. We need more treatments, and we need them now, but also, we need them to be ongoing into the future.🧪🔥 www.frontiersin.org/journals/for...

Frontiers | Rising from the ashes: treatments stabilize carbon storage in California’s frequent-fire forests The stability of seasonally dry Western mixed-conifer forests is threatened by the history of fire suppression, logging, and now increasing climate-driven ar...

Just published: natural experimental design + dynamic ex-post baselines applied at scale to test fuel treatment effectiveness & carbon durability in the Central Sierra of CA. 🔥 ♥️ www.frontiersin.org/journals/for...

Frontiers | Carbon finance for forest resilience in California

Well I'm nothing if not stubborn, so here's the latest piece of the puzzle demonstrating that carbon finance, especially when stacked with biomass end-use dollars, can fill the gap.

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Years ago I stepped into this work with one big question: How can we fund proactive wildfire treatments before disaster strikes?

In AZ, it’s tough—low-value timber, high costs, and countless hurdles. We know an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, but where do we find the $ to pay for it?

I got to work with a wonderful recent ERG PhD, Micah Elias, on this. Congrats to him! Micah is now the director for natural capital at Blue Forest Conservation: hope I can continue to work with him and the great team over there! www.linkedin.com/in/micah-eli...