Forest Management, Mill Closures and Our Economy
Dr. Thomas Bonnicksen earned a B.S. in forestry (with minors in wildlife and range management), an M.S. in forest ecology, and Ph.D. in forest policy from the University of California-Berkeley. He is Professor Emeritus of forest science and a former Department Head at Texas A&M University and Research Scholar…
A Must Read for All Californians
“Impacts of California Wildfires on Climate and Forests,” a study by Dr. Thomas M. Bonnicksen, Professor Emeritus of Forest Science at Texas A&M University, released recently chronicles how California wildfires from 2001 to 2007 seriously degraded the forests…
Junk Science
Recently, John Buckley and others chose to try and discredit TuCARE because our Natural Resource Summit keynote speaker, Myron Ebell, criticized some of the science behind the global warming debate. Mr. Ebell did call some of the science “junk.” This term refers to inaccurate science that has been…
In Defense of the Natural Resource Summit
This letter is in response to the Union Democrat article on Monday, November 2nd and the letter to the editor “Flat earther” by Brian Ferrell. Both pieces did not represent TuCARE’s Natural Resource Summit keynote speaker, Myron Ebell, with fairness or accuracy…
September 2009 Briefs
Rural Counties and Schools: Thanks to the efforts of a few dedicated board members of the National Rural Counties and Schools Coalition, funding for schools, counties and RAC’s is guaranteed for the next five years. But, the coalition isn’t resting on its laurels. They’ve begun working on securing funds for the future and are holding [...]
California’s National Forests Are a Tinderbox Waiting to Explode
Fully 7 million of 9.8 million acres that are productive forest lands “not reserved” on California’s National Forests are in an overly dense condition. Continuing drought in California has, in part, led to a dramatic increase in catastrophic wildfires the past two years. Continuing litigation of mechanical thinning/fuels reduction projects on the National Forests has, [...]
Briefs September 2009
Safe Harbor Agreement Program Act (SHAPA) SB 448, authored by Senator Fran Pavley (D-Agoura Hills), was approved unanimously by the Senate and is headed to the Governor. It creates a program that would encourage landowners to manage their lands voluntarily by means of state safe harbor agreements through Dept. of Fish & Game to benefit [...]
Spring and Summer Activities Kept Us Busy!
TuCARE didn’t let a tight budget slow us down this spring and summer. In the month of May, our busiest school tour month, TuCARE toured more than 700 school kids from Tuolumne and neighboring counties. We had booths at both the Calaveras County Fair and the Mother Lode Fair…
Twentieth Celebration Hailed as “Best Ever!”
On March 14th TuCARE celebrated 20 years with over 270 members and friends at the Elks Lodge. New this year was the addition of a three-piece band, the Lava Cats, and an extended social time that everyone appreciated. In addition, many of the auction items were one of a kind and truly unique.
Several awards [...]
