Evan Frost
@wildwoods.bsky.social
Terrestrial-Fire-Forest Ecologist, Conservation Scientist and Principal - Wildwood Consulting LLC. Working on land stewardship projects throughout the Pacific West.
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Evan Frost
@wildwoods.bsky.social
· Dec 16
*NEW REPORT* Federal land managers are increasingly using ecological objectives such as 'restoration' & 'enhancing resilience' to approve forest mgmt projects that focus on commercial logging. To what extent are these projects scientifically informed, & likely to achieve the outcomes they propose?🧵🌏
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A new report shows California’s controversial Zone Zero requirements helped save homes in the Palisades and Eaton fires — but some experts warned the insurance-backed investigation doesn’t tell the full story: www.latimes.com/environment/...
Early adopters of 'zone zero' fared better in L.A. County fires, insurance-backed investigation finds
A new study found that in the Eaton and Palisades fires, homes that had already adopted proposed regulations on creating vegetation-free buffers were less likely to burn.
www.latimes.com
December 10, 2025 at 8:47 PM
A new report shows California’s controversial Zone Zero requirements helped save homes in the Palisades and Eaton fires — but some experts warned the insurance-backed investigation doesn’t tell the full story: www.latimes.com/environment/...
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And the premise for needing #SPEEDAct #PermittingReform is essentially made up. Check out this cool story map from @weact4ej.bsky.social:
NEPA Does Not Delay
Deregulation is Not the Solution for Clean Energy
storymaps.arcgis.com
December 4, 2025 at 9:03 PM
And the premise for needing #SPEEDAct #PermittingReform is essentially made up. Check out this cool story map from @weact4ej.bsky.social:
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In our Climate Report my coauthors and I say: We are hurtling toward climate chaos. The planet's vital signs are flashing red. Consequences of human-driven alterations of the climate are no longer future threats but are here now. Read report here doi.org/10.1093/bios...
The 2025 state of the climate report: a planet on the brink
We are hurtling toward climate chaos. The planet's vital signs are flashing red. The consequences of human-driven alterations of the climate are no longer
doi.org
December 8, 2025 at 2:35 AM
In our Climate Report my coauthors and I say: We are hurtling toward climate chaos. The planet's vital signs are flashing red. Consequences of human-driven alterations of the climate are no longer future threats but are here now. Read report here doi.org/10.1093/bios...
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"The U.S. wildfire community is about to undergo one of the biggest structural changes in our lifetime. Orange County Fire Authority Chief Brian Fennessy has announced his retirement and has accepted the position as the FIRST Director of the newly created United States Wildland Fire Service."
December 6, 2025 at 11:25 PM
"The U.S. wildfire community is about to undergo one of the biggest structural changes in our lifetime. Orange County Fire Authority Chief Brian Fennessy has announced his retirement and has accepted the position as the FIRST Director of the newly created United States Wildland Fire Service."
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If Brazil thinks this is a win for loggers and not protecting forests they will collapse. Look at Nauru and Indonesia. The president said Palm oil trees are trees too. Sumatra gone now. One by one countries will collapse for corporations
December 8, 2025 at 4:04 AM
If Brazil thinks this is a win for loggers and not protecting forests they will collapse. Look at Nauru and Indonesia. The president said Palm oil trees are trees too. Sumatra gone now. One by one countries will collapse for corporations
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Indonesia will collapse like Nauru greed. Sumatra collapse already. Then Brazil next will collapse. Greed.
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
The loggers and ranchers are closing in but still Brazil’s Kawahiva people wait for protection
Bureaucratic delays and funding shortages stall plans to carve out a forest reserve for the uncontacted Indigenous group on the southern fringe of the Brazilian Amazon
www.theguardian.com
December 8, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Indonesia will collapse like Nauru greed. Sumatra collapse already. Then Brazil next will collapse. Greed.
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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THIS IS THE WAY THEY PUNISH COLORADO
THIS IS THE WAY THEY PUNISH COLORADO
Brand New “Biggest Logging Project in Colorado History” Brings Total to Half-Million Acres and Seventeen Roadless Areas
This week, the U.S.
open.substack.com
December 8, 2025 at 5:36 AM
open.substack.com/pub/ecointeg...
THIS IS THE WAY THEY PUNISH COLORADO
THIS IS THE WAY THEY PUNISH COLORADO
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Idaho is planning to work with the U.S. Forest Service to significantly boost logging and timber sales from National Forest trees in the Gem State.
Idaho partners with US Forest Service with goal to double timber sales • Idaho Capital Sun
Idaho is planning to work with the U.S. Forest Service to significantly boost logging and timber sales from National Forest trees.
idahocapitalsun.com
December 6, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Idaho is planning to work with the U.S. Forest Service to significantly boost logging and timber sales from National Forest trees in the Gem State.
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Monarch butterflies are declining as their habitat degrades, even in Mexico’s Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve.
A 50-year forest review shows logging bans succeed only when local communities are consulted and compensated — and fail when they’re not involved.
A 50-year forest review shows logging bans succeed only when local communities are consulted and compensated — and fail when they’re not involved.
Saving critical winter habitat for monarch butterflies may depend on buy-in from their human neighbors
The monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) population has plummeted by 80% to 95% since the 1990s, depending on the region and monitoring method. A major cause of the species’ decline is deforestation…
news.mongabay.com
December 7, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Monarch butterflies are declining as their habitat degrades, even in Mexico’s Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve.
A 50-year forest review shows logging bans succeed only when local communities are consulted and compensated — and fail when they’re not involved.
A 50-year forest review shows logging bans succeed only when local communities are consulted and compensated — and fail when they’re not involved.
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A new study finds the Zambezi River starts not in Zambia but in Angola’s highlands, adding 342 km to its length. Rivers there supply ~70% of the water that feeds Victoria Falls, underscoring the need to protect the Upper Zambezi Basin, where forest loss is rising.
Scientists chart a new source, and length, for Africa’s famous Zambezi River
A new study suggests that the Zambezi River, Africa’s fourth-longest, is 11% longer than previously thought, with its most distant source lying in Angola, not Zambia. While the finding leaves the…
news.mongabay.com
December 7, 2025 at 4:00 AM
A new study finds the Zambezi River starts not in Zambia but in Angola’s highlands, adding 342 km to its length. Rivers there supply ~70% of the water that feeds Victoria Falls, underscoring the need to protect the Upper Zambezi Basin, where forest loss is rising.
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Most extinctions today are ‘dark extinctions’….species that vanish before they’re described, monitored, or counted.
No database can record what was never discovered.
Biology is not accounting, and absence of paperwork is not absence of extinction.
news.arizona.edu/news/extinct...
No database can record what was never discovered.
Biology is not accounting, and absence of paperwork is not absence of extinction.
news.arizona.edu/news/extinct...
Extinction rates have slowed across many plant and animal groups, study shows
The first analysis of recent extinctions across plants and animals finds that, contrary to previous studies, the rate at which many groups of organisms have gone extinct has declined over the last 100...
news.arizona.edu
December 7, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Most extinctions today are ‘dark extinctions’….species that vanish before they’re described, monitored, or counted.
No database can record what was never discovered.
Biology is not accounting, and absence of paperwork is not absence of extinction.
news.arizona.edu/news/extinct...
No database can record what was never discovered.
Biology is not accounting, and absence of paperwork is not absence of extinction.
news.arizona.edu/news/extinct...
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Offsets are like a smoker paying a healthy person to go for a run, then claiming they’ve reduced their risk of cancer.
The healthy person gains some benefit. The smoker gains nothing. And cancer rates don’t change.
apple.news/AGbRqsgfcQWa...
The healthy person gains some benefit. The smoker gains nothing. And cancer rates don’t change.
apple.news/AGbRqsgfcQWa...
Forestry Carbon Credit Programs Have a Poor Track Record. Can a More Refined Approach Fix the Problem? — Inside Climate News
The Family Forest Carbon Program pays landowners not to timber their trees, then sells the additional growth as carbon credits. But critics question whether it leads to overall emissions reductions.
apple.news
December 7, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Offsets are like a smoker paying a healthy person to go for a run, then claiming they’ve reduced their risk of cancer.
The healthy person gains some benefit. The smoker gains nothing. And cancer rates don’t change.
apple.news/AGbRqsgfcQWa...
The healthy person gains some benefit. The smoker gains nothing. And cancer rates don’t change.
apple.news/AGbRqsgfcQWa...
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What was once the US National Nature Assessment is now the United by Nature Assessment. These reports are only as good as the feedback they receive - nominations for expert reviewers is now open!
The National Academies is inviting nominations for experts to review the draft United by Nature assessment. Ecology, climate, conservation, social science, sci-comm + more. If someone comes to mind—maybe you—please nominate & please the word!
www.nationalacademies.org/projects/DEL...
www.nationalacademies.org/projects/DEL...
Review of the draft United by Nature assessment
The United by Nature Assessment is designed to be “a holistic assessment of U.S. lands, waters, and wildlife, and the benefits they provide.
www.nationalacademies.org
December 2, 2025 at 7:39 PM
What was once the US National Nature Assessment is now the United by Nature Assessment. These reports are only as good as the feedback they receive - nominations for expert reviewers is now open!
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Why addressing deforestation is a strategic business priority
->World Economic Forum | #deforestation | More from Lil Dr Glen EcoChat at BigEarthData.ai
->World Economic Forum | #deforestation | More from Lil Dr Glen EcoChat at BigEarthData.ai
Why addressing deforestation is a strategic business priority
Addressing deforestation is key for maintaining supply chain and business resilience, complying with regulations, and meeting stakeholder expectations. Transforming agricultural and forestry supply chains requires collective action. The Accountability Framework offers an integrated approach to address deforestation and associated environmental...
www.weforum.org
December 4, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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Good fences make good neighbors.
An old problem; boundaries matter.
A harsh reality is USFS is ultimately a political organization within the President’s cabinet, and the agency responds to Congressional oversight.
To borrow a phrase, manure rolls downhill.
Grassroots advocacy can push back.
An old problem; boundaries matter.
A harsh reality is USFS is ultimately a political organization within the President’s cabinet, and the agency responds to Congressional oversight.
To borrow a phrase, manure rolls downhill.
Grassroots advocacy can push back.
NEW: Elected officials are quick to support public lands ranchers who are accused of breaking rules.
As a result, federal agencies pull punches when enforcing regulations.
As a result, federal agencies pull punches when enforcing regulations.
Powerful Friends: Sympathetic Officials and “Cultural Power” Help Ranchers Dodge Oversight
Elected officials are quick to support public lands ranchers who are accused of breaking rules. As a result, federal agencies pull punches when enforcing regulations.
www.propublica.org
December 4, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Good fences make good neighbors.
An old problem; boundaries matter.
A harsh reality is USFS is ultimately a political organization within the President’s cabinet, and the agency responds to Congressional oversight.
To borrow a phrase, manure rolls downhill.
Grassroots advocacy can push back.
An old problem; boundaries matter.
A harsh reality is USFS is ultimately a political organization within the President’s cabinet, and the agency responds to Congressional oversight.
To borrow a phrase, manure rolls downhill.
Grassroots advocacy can push back.
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'Not to be conquered but preserved': Profound lessons against 'development' on the Nicobar Islands
->Scroll.in | #island | More from Lil Dr Glen EcoChat at BigEarthData.ai
->Scroll.in | #island | More from Lil Dr Glen EcoChat at BigEarthData.ai
'Not to be conquered but preserved': Profound lessons against 'development' on the Nicobar Islands
For indigenous communities, the forest is more than a home or a source of sustenance: it is a realm of reverence, reciprocity and deep belonging. The forest is not a resource to be plundered; it is an ancestral guardian that...
scroll.in
December 3, 2025 at 4:55 AM
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“The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.” — John Muir.
#fog #photography #forest #oregon
#fog #photography #forest #oregon
December 2, 2025 at 12:28 AM
“The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.” — John Muir.
#fog #photography #forest #oregon
#fog #photography #forest #oregon
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Breaking
The University of Arizona Wild Cat Research and Conservation Center (WCC) has tonight confirmed a brand-new jaguar in the United States, Jaguar #5, never before identified, just days after the Trump administration’s new double border wall construction waivers (see below).
The University of Arizona Wild Cat Research and Conservation Center (WCC) has tonight confirmed a brand-new jaguar in the United States, Jaguar #5, never before identified, just days after the Trump administration’s new double border wall construction waivers (see below).
December 3, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Breaking
The University of Arizona Wild Cat Research and Conservation Center (WCC) has tonight confirmed a brand-new jaguar in the United States, Jaguar #5, never before identified, just days after the Trump administration’s new double border wall construction waivers (see below).
The University of Arizona Wild Cat Research and Conservation Center (WCC) has tonight confirmed a brand-new jaguar in the United States, Jaguar #5, never before identified, just days after the Trump administration’s new double border wall construction waivers (see below).
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People say “the scars of the 1910 fire are still visible.”
Look closer: the scars aren’t from the fire—they’re from the roads and salvage logging that followed.
Yellowstone burned in 1988 with the same intensity.
Because it wasn’t salvaged, most visitors have no idea a fire ever happened.
Look closer: the scars aren’t from the fire—they’re from the roads and salvage logging that followed.
Yellowstone burned in 1988 with the same intensity.
Because it wasn’t salvaged, most visitors have no idea a fire ever happened.
December 3, 2025 at 4:47 AM
People say “the scars of the 1910 fire are still visible.”
Look closer: the scars aren’t from the fire—they’re from the roads and salvage logging that followed.
Yellowstone burned in 1988 with the same intensity.
Because it wasn’t salvaged, most visitors have no idea a fire ever happened.
Look closer: the scars aren’t from the fire—they’re from the roads and salvage logging that followed.
Yellowstone burned in 1988 with the same intensity.
Because it wasn’t salvaged, most visitors have no idea a fire ever happened.
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Join us for our latest Fire in Practice webinar on Wed 3rd Dec 2-3pm GMT, with Danny Manning and Beth Rose Middleton Manning, on
Indigenous-led prescribed burning in northern California
#Wildfires #Indigenous
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Indigenous-led prescribed burning in northern California
#Wildfires #Indigenous
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Fire in Practice - Indigenous-led prescribed burning in California
Join Danny Manning and Beth Rose Middleton Manning to discuss the return of cultural and Indigenous-led prescribed burning
www.eventbrite.co.uk
December 1, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Join us for our latest Fire in Practice webinar on Wed 3rd Dec 2-3pm GMT, with Danny Manning and Beth Rose Middleton Manning, on
Indigenous-led prescribed burning in northern California
#Wildfires #Indigenous
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/fire-in-pr...
Indigenous-led prescribed burning in northern California
#Wildfires #Indigenous
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/fire-in-pr...
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Our new study out today is all good news. Climate change is powerful, but forests have defended sensitive species from fire since Gondwana. If we join their resistance, we can end the fire apocalypse in some places.
theconversation.com/in-1939-a-ro...
theconversation.com/in-1939-a-ro...
In 1939, a Royal Commission found burning forests leads to more bushfires. But this cycle of destruction can be stopped
After devastating fires in 1939, authorities began burning forests to reduce fuel load. But we now know this creates conditions for even worse fires.
theconversation.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Our new study out today is all good news. Climate change is powerful, but forests have defended sensitive species from fire since Gondwana. If we join their resistance, we can end the fire apocalypse in some places.
theconversation.com/in-1939-a-ro...
theconversation.com/in-1939-a-ro...
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The Forest Service is getting slower and slower with wildfire prevention, just as the fires get worse and worse.
“The workforce is so shot out and depleted, they’re even decreased expectations. We’re behind the targets, even when the targets have been reduced” — one fire manager to me.
“The workforce is so shot out and depleted, they’re even decreased expectations. We’re behind the targets, even when the targets have been reduced” — one fire manager to me.
The U.S. Forest Service Is Falling Further Behind on Wildfire Prevention
Outside analysis of Forest Service data is being circulated by Democrats finding the Trump administration lagging on forest management.
www.notus.org
December 2, 2025 at 2:08 PM
The Forest Service is getting slower and slower with wildfire prevention, just as the fires get worse and worse.
“The workforce is so shot out and depleted, they’re even decreased expectations. We’re behind the targets, even when the targets have been reduced” — one fire manager to me.
“The workforce is so shot out and depleted, they’re even decreased expectations. We’re behind the targets, even when the targets have been reduced” — one fire manager to me.
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There is no good smoke. Yet it is an illusion to think all fire can be eliminated. The question is therefore: how would you like your smoke? When do you want it to burn?
#Wildfire smoke impacts on #airquality from the recent @easac.bsky.social report easac.eu/publications... presented by @dr-firelady.bsky.social in the Clean Air Forum session on super pollutants & extreme events #CleanAirEU @ecmwf.int @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social
December 2, 2025 at 2:16 PM
There is no good smoke. Yet it is an illusion to think all fire can be eliminated. The question is therefore: how would you like your smoke? When do you want it to burn?