tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3731627131892069086.post5832702845202263703..comments2018-01-13T18:34:30.345-08:00Comments on Naturalist Notations: News & ViewsAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07133259443008536562noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3731627131892069086.post-13161661660970269142013-07-11T11:03:14.911-07:002013-07-11T11:03:14.911-07:00Thanks for reading, and for commenting. I agree th...Thanks for reading, and for commenting. I agree that there needs to be a bigger discussion about the why, and more work needs to go to addressing the problem with more than incident-by-incident band-aids. The problem is not an individual fire, the problem is not an individual housing development; the problem is much bigger than these things. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07133259443008536562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3731627131892069086.post-84872947083244314862013-07-10T16:43:34.103-07:002013-07-10T16:43:34.103-07:00Loyal reader here. The timing of this post comes a...Loyal reader here. The timing of this post comes as the Spring Mountains, which lie just to the west of my Las Vegas home, are my favorite place to hike and are some of the only true greenstuffs in a 100-mile radius,have been burning for more than a week. Lightning caused the fire, and some 12,000 acres are already gone. Full containment is not expected until at least July 17. New-ish housing lies at the base of the mountains, and residents are complaining about ash falling in their yards and the smell of burning forest on the air. But no one is talking about why the fire is so bad, why it's so hard to contain, or the impact these types of fires will have on the future. I am sad about all of this.Small Axe Productionshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08186584811383237891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3731627131892069086.post-6519613259979009172013-07-10T12:50:26.811-07:002013-07-10T12:50:26.811-07:00Thanks! I'll give it a read. "Using Mobil...Thanks! I'll give it a read. "Using Mobile Mapping for Wildfire Mitigation" sounds pretty cool. I pray the tech develops to keep things like the recent tragedy in Arizona from happening again. <br /><br />I get that we need more houses for more people, and that's not going to change, but our practices should in so many ways. How we develop, where, all that. SubUrban sprawl is really having some nightmarish consequences. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07133259443008536562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3731627131892069086.post-45221110210327111772013-07-09T20:07:55.731-07:002013-07-09T20:07:55.731-07:00One of the students in my current masters program ...One of the students in my current masters program worked their thesis on the latter topic of Wildfires. It was a pretty interesting read.<br /><br />http://spatial.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Burkett.pdf<br /><br />I put the link to if you're interested. <br /><br />It made me think of clearing brush from our friends' houses in San Diego back in 2003 or 2004 to prevent them from burning down.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14820529603497210006noreply@blogger.com