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A Prescribed Fire Success Story

Wednesday, 12 August 2009 09:28

It was great to see recent articles in the Washington Post and the Baltimore Sun that highlight the results of prescribed fire work we did for The Nature Conservancy MD/DC chapter this past spring. Not only do the articles help to educate people on the role of prescribed fire, it also illustrates how quickly fire dependent species can rebound once fire is reintroduced.

A Great Spring Prescribed Fire Season!

Friday, 29 May 2009 00:00

We are pleased to report that under our contract for prescribed fire services, the Nature Conservancy MD/DC chapter have had a record year for prescribed fire this season!

California on Fire (Again)

Saturday, 09 May 2009 01:09

California is in flames again. The western fire season started early again on Feb.5 with the Fort fire, which burned 1500 acres. However, things really started heating up on May5th with the Jesusita Fire in Santa Barbara county. This fire ultimately burned over a whopping 8733 acres, destroyed 80 homes, 79 outbuildings and 1 commercial property.

A Presentation on Markets at Virginia Ecosystem Service Conference

Monday, 16 March 2009 00:00

I presented our Bay Bank and LandServer work on March 13th at the first annual Virginia Ecosystem Services conference, held in beautiful Charlottesville VA.

The conference was hosted by the Virginia Department of Forestry, the Virginia department of Environmental Quality, and Virginia Cooperative Extension.

Extreme Down Under

Wednesday, 25 February 2009 20:00

Australia is a continent known for its extremes. Extremely poisonous snakes and spiders, extremely large saltwater crocodiles, the extreme nature of the early inhabitants of the colony (convicts).

MLK Day of Service

Tuesday, 20 January 2009 16:49

This year I returned to the Pope Branch regional park for the third year in a row to help with trash removal and English Ivy Mitigation.

This annual cleanup is sponsored by the Pope Branch Park Restoration Alliance, a collaboration between Groundwork Anacostia River, the Earth Conservation Corps, Casey Trees, the Sierra Club, DC Department of Parks and Recreation, and the newly created DC Department of the Environment.