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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#ExtremeHeat
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#Lightning
#FossilFuelPollution
#AnthropogenicGlobalWarming
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#ExtremeWeather
#Drought
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#Lightning
#FossilFuelPollution
#AnthropogenicGlobalWarming
New Zealand Joins Canada, Japan, South Korea, Spain, Portugal, Brazil in Facing Massive Wildfire This Year... www.travelandtourworld.com/news/article... #ClimateCrisis #FossilFuels #Wildfire #NewZealand
New Zealand Joins Canada, Japan, South Korea, Spain, Portugal, Brazil in Facing Massive Wildfire This Year, Witnessing Tourism Industry Loss, New Update is Here on This Devastating Disaster - Travel A...
This year, New Zealand joins Canada, Japan, South Korea, Spain, Portugal, and Brazil in facing massive wildfires, leaving a trail of destruction and devastation.
www.travelandtourworld.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:59 AM
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#Fire
#ExtremeHeat
#RecordHeat
#ExtremeWeather
#Drought
#Storms
#Lightning
#FossilFuelPollution
#AnthropogenicGlobalWarming
#Fire
#ExtremeHeat
#RecordHeat
#ExtremeWeather
#Drought
#Storms
#Lightning
#FossilFuelPollution
#AnthropogenicGlobalWarming
The Latest Data Confirms: Forest Fires Are Getting Worse
New data shows that forest fires are getting worse, burning more than twice as much tree cover today as they did 20 years ago, largely due to climate change.
www.wri.org
November 11, 2025 at 5:57 AM
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Brazil cut down 100,000 Amazon trees for a climate conference - 'It's become a big scandal'
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Brazil cut down 100,000 Amazon trees for a climate conference - 'It's become a big scandal'
Belém, Brazil, has welcomed climate change activists, journalists, and other high-profile guests for the COP30 climate summit, which began on Monday. Ironically, a multi-lane highway has been built to ferry all of them to Belem by cutting down 100,000 trees...
www.wionews.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:06 AM
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A few weeks ago I attended the Olympic Peninsula Fungi Festival. I went as someone who is interested in most everything in the world, lives in a wet, fungi filled temperate rainforest, and is mostly ignorant about fungi. Here are some things I learned:
November 11, 2025 at 2:58 AM
A few weeks ago I attended the Olympic Peninsula Fungi Festival. I went as someone who is interested in most everything in the world, lives in a wet, fungi filled temperate rainforest, and is mostly ignorant about fungi. Here are some things I learned:
This is what's happening to so much industrial timberland now -- sold to a big investment company, who see it as another asset for maximizing short-term profits. 'What can we liquidate, and how efficiently, to make more money?' This trend has been a disaster for western private forestlands.
JPMorgan's Campbell Global Adds 28,200 Acres of Timberland
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->Chief Investment Officer | More from Lil Dr Glen EcoChat at BigEarthData.ai
JPMorgan's Campbell Global Adds 28,200 Acres of Timberland
Campbell Global LLC, the timberland investing platform of J.P. Morgan Asset Management, announced Monday the acquisition of a timberland property spanning the North Coast and Willamette Valley regions of Oregon. The property, Emerald Ridge, will add 28,200 acres of timberland...
www.ai-cio.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:59 AM
This is what's happening to so much industrial timberland now -- sold to a big investment company, who see it as another asset for maximizing short-term profits. 'What can we liquidate, and how efficiently, to make more money?' This trend has been a disaster for western private forestlands.
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Human impact on Amazon forests is transforming its ecological functions and evolutionary history. Via @sciencex.physorg #ClimateChange 🌎♨️ #Conservation #Ecology
Human impact on Amazon forests is transforming its ecological functions and evolutionary history
A new study reveals that the impact humans are having on the Amazon rainforest is so profound it is even changing the evolutionary history and functionality of the forests.
phys.org
November 11, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Human impact on Amazon forests is transforming its ecological functions and evolutionary history. Via @sciencex.physorg #ClimateChange 🌎♨️ #Conservation #Ecology
I appreciate and can support the attempt, but does anyone think this approach will really work? I'm skeptical. So long as there is big money to be made in deforesting, ppl will find a way.
Countries with significant amounts of tropical forest cover can receive up to $4 per hectare ($1.62 per acre) of standing forest per year through the Tropical Forests Forever Facility, or TFFF.
But with penalties of up to $800 per hectare ($324 per acre) of deforestation, payments shrink fast.
But with penalties of up to $800 per hectare ($324 per acre) of deforestation, payments shrink fast.
Brazil launches fund tying forest cash to steep deforestation penalties
Brazil officially launched a new financial market fund, called the Tropical Forests Forever Facility, or TFFF, at a Nov. 6 event ahead of the COP30 climate summit it will host in Belém. Countries…
news.mongabay.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:32 AM
I appreciate and can support the attempt, but does anyone think this approach will really work? I'm skeptical. So long as there is big money to be made in deforesting, ppl will find a way.
"Scientists have documented how climate change is leading to more heatwaves & droughts that dry out trees, slow their growth and set the stage for worse wildfires -- which burned more than a million hectares of EU land this year, the highest annual amount on record."🌏 www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
www.reuters.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:04 PM
"Scientists have documented how climate change is leading to more heatwaves & droughts that dry out trees, slow their growth and set the stage for worse wildfires -- which burned more than a million hectares of EU land this year, the highest annual amount on record."🌏 www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
"As droughts intensify & insects thrive in warming forests, trees are dying of thirst while being eaten alive. It's a double assault turning once-green mountainsides into graveyards of standing dead timber...'This trend could continue as our climate continues to warm."🌏 www.king5.com/article/tech...
Washington's forests face massive tree die-off
Of Washington's 22 million forested acres, the Department of Natural Resources manages about 3 million acres of state land.
www.king5.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:00 PM
"As droughts intensify & insects thrive in warming forests, trees are dying of thirst while being eaten alive. It's a double assault turning once-green mountainsides into graveyards of standing dead timber...'This trend could continue as our climate continues to warm."🌏 www.king5.com/article/tech...
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Investigation by @stand.earth confirms Drax is still turning ancient trees from oldgrowth forests in BC into wood pellets to burn itself and to sell to others.Yet last week, the govt. signed a new subsidy contract with Drax for 2027-31. #AxeDrax #BigBadBiomass
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
November 10, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Investigation by @stand.earth confirms Drax is still turning ancient trees from oldgrowth forests in BC into wood pellets to burn itself and to sell to others.Yet last week, the govt. signed a new subsidy contract with Drax for 2027-31. #AxeDrax #BigBadBiomass
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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More stresses on #ecosystems may not go in our favour for sequestration of #carbon. This time #grassland and shrub lands succumb to extreme #drought 🌍
noticiasambientales.com/environment-...
noticiasambientales.com/environment-...
Extreme droughts threaten the ability of grasslands and shrubs to capture carbon - Noticias Ambientales
Las extreme droughts intensified by climate change are profoundly altering the functioning of terrestrial ecosystems, especially in grasslands and
noticiasambientales.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:56 PM
More stresses on #ecosystems may not go in our favour for sequestration of #carbon. This time #grassland and shrub lands succumb to extreme #drought 🌍
noticiasambientales.com/environment-...
noticiasambientales.com/environment-...
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Good news for bears: An isolated population of grizzlies struggling to survive in Montana's Yaak Valley got a welcome reprieve last week. In response to a 2022 lawsuit filed by @biologicaldiversity.org and allies, a federal court ruled that the US government had broken multiple laws...
November 10, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Good news for bears: An isolated population of grizzlies struggling to survive in Montana's Yaak Valley got a welcome reprieve last week. In response to a 2022 lawsuit filed by @biologicaldiversity.org and allies, a federal court ruled that the US government had broken multiple laws...
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Truckloads of trees: Drax sourced wood pellets from old growth forests in B.C. in 2024, and likely 2025
->Stand.earth | #old growth forest #tree | More from Lil Dr Glen EcoChat at BigEarthData.ai
->Stand.earth | #old growth forest #tree | More from Lil Dr Glen EcoChat at BigEarthData.ai
Truckloads of trees: Drax sourced wood pellets from old growth forests in B.C. in 2024, and likely 2025
səl̓ílwətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh), xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam) and Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) Territories (Vancouver, B.C.) — New investigative research from Stand.earth released today reveals that Drax purchased logged trees from at-risk old growth forests in British Columbia in 2024, and very likely in 2025, to...
stand.earth
November 10, 2025 at 3:22 AM
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New @stand.earth report shows that zebras don’t change their stripes.
Drax is STILL sourcing wood from ecological significant forests in BC, still the single biggest carbon emitter in Britain, and still receiving subsidies from the UK Gov.
Drax is STILL sourcing wood from ecological significant forests in BC, still the single biggest carbon emitter in Britain, and still receiving subsidies from the UK Gov.
Drax still burning 250-year-old trees sourced from forests in Canada, experts say
Exclusive: report by Stand.earth says subsidiary of power plant received truckloads of whole logs at biomass pellet sites
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:04 AM
New @stand.earth report shows that zebras don’t change their stripes.
Drax is STILL sourcing wood from ecological significant forests in BC, still the single biggest carbon emitter in Britain, and still receiving subsidies from the UK Gov.
Drax is STILL sourcing wood from ecological significant forests in BC, still the single biggest carbon emitter in Britain, and still receiving subsidies from the UK Gov.
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Today’s local fieldwork was colder but older! I think we may have found some 300 yr old beech and sweet gum! Will be going back to this site in the future, some nice oak and Nyssa as well.
November 9, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Today’s local fieldwork was colder but older! I think we may have found some 300 yr old beech and sweet gum! Will be going back to this site in the future, some nice oak and Nyssa as well.
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Congo Basin Forests Hold Trillions in Untapped Value: New Report Calls for Strategic Global Investment
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Congo Basin Forests Hold Trillions in Untapped Value: New Report Calls for Strategic Global Investment
WASHINGTON, October 20, 2025 - The Congo Basin, home to the world's second-largest tropical rainforest, holds immense value for not only the six countries it spans, but for the planet. A new World Bank report reveals the region’s forests are...
www.worldbank.org
November 9, 2025 at 7:03 PM
For a multitude of reasons, this is a very bad idea. Creating more ecological damage by burying forests will not address the primary issue -- the burning of fossil fuels.
Proponents tout biomass burial to create carbon credits as a win-win-win for the climate, fire-scarred landscapes and those looking to offset their emissions.
Is Burying the Trees Killed by Wildfires a Climate Solution? - Inside Climate News
Proponents tout biomass burial to create carbon credits as a win-win-win for the climate, fire-scarred landscapes and those looking to offset their emissions.
insideclimatenews.org
November 9, 2025 at 5:53 PM
For a multitude of reasons, this is a very bad idea. Creating more ecological damage by burying forests will not address the primary issue -- the burning of fossil fuels.
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"During negotiations on the 2040 goal in recent months, numerous governments - from Sweden, to Latvia, to France - warned that Europe's forests are absorbing far less CO2 emissions than hoped, in part because of wildfires and droughts made worse by #climate change"
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
November 9, 2025 at 2:25 PM
"During negotiations on the 2040 goal in recent months, numerous governments - from Sweden, to Latvia, to France - warned that Europe's forests are absorbing far less CO2 emissions than hoped, in part because of wildfires and droughts made worse by #climate change"
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
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Official data from government of British Columbia, along with satellite monitoring, backs claims that a Canadian subsidiary owned by Drax sourced 250-year-old trees to manufacture biomass pellets as recently as this year
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Drax still burning 250-year-old trees sourced from forests in Canada, experts say
Exclusive: report by Stand.earth says subsidiary of power plant received truckloads of whole logs at biomass pellet sites
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Official data from government of British Columbia, along with satellite monitoring, backs claims that a Canadian subsidiary owned by Drax sourced 250-year-old trees to manufacture biomass pellets as recently as this year
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Colombia's president not only understands the urgency, he actually supports doing something about it. Unlike so many other leaders.
He supports the call to "develop a roadmap to break dependence on fossil fuels."
#COP30 #ClimateCrisis #EndFossilFuels
english.elpais.com/opinion/2025...
He supports the call to "develop a roadmap to break dependence on fossil fuels."
#COP30 #ClimateCrisis #EndFossilFuels
english.elpais.com/opinion/2025...
To make peace with nature, we need a fossil fuel-free Amazon
It is necessary to support Brazil’s proposal to develop a roadmap for carrying out the comprehensive transition to renewable energy
english.elpais.com
November 8, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Colombia's president not only understands the urgency, he actually supports doing something about it. Unlike so many other leaders.
He supports the call to "develop a roadmap to break dependence on fossil fuels."
#COP30 #ClimateCrisis #EndFossilFuels
english.elpais.com/opinion/2025...
He supports the call to "develop a roadmap to break dependence on fossil fuels."
#COP30 #ClimateCrisis #EndFossilFuels
english.elpais.com/opinion/2025...
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Bad news for large natural carbon sinks: "Our findings suggest the potential for a similar response to climate change by woody aboveground biomass in moist tropical forests globally, which could culminate in a long-term switch from carbon sinks to carbon sources."
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Aboveground biomass in Australian tropical forests now a net carbon source - Nature
A transition from carbon sink to source for the aboveground woody biomass of moist tropical Australian forests has occurred, driven by increasingly extreme climate anomalies.
www.nature.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Bad news for large natural carbon sinks: "Our findings suggest the potential for a similar response to climate change by woody aboveground biomass in moist tropical forests globally, which could culminate in a long-term switch from carbon sinks to carbon sources."
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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"Under [Gould's] office’s current pace of treatment – less than 6,000 acres a year – a patch of forest under his jurisdiction stands to be treated once every 1,000 years."
This whole article makes me want to cry. And then it makes me want to scream.
fresnoland.org/2025/10/14/g...
fresnoland.org/2025/10/14/g...
Did Forest Service negligence make the Garnet Fire worse?
Years of inaction by the US Forest Service station near Fresno put one of the agency’s last stands of old growth forests in California on the brink of
fresnoland.org
November 8, 2025 at 4:57 AM
"Under [Gould's] office’s current pace of treatment – less than 6,000 acres a year – a patch of forest under his jurisdiction stands to be treated once every 1,000 years."
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No rangers, no rules: National parks suffer during shutdown
www.axios.com/2025/11/08/t...
www.axios.com/2025/11/08/t...
No rangers, no rules: National parks suffer during shutdown
"Bear jams," graffiti and fires are plaguing parks as staff remain sidelined.
www.axios.com
November 8, 2025 at 4:53 PM
No rangers, no rules: National parks suffer during shutdown
www.axios.com/2025/11/08/t...
www.axios.com/2025/11/08/t...
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New forest finance won't offset billions currently destroying them
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New forest finance won't offset billions currently destroying them
Investigative campaigners say new forest fund announced before COP30 cannot solve deforestation without urgent binding rules to stop harmful financial flows. Governments around the world are stopping short of measures needed to transform the financial system into a positive force...
globalwitness.org
November 8, 2025 at 5:20 AM
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This whole article makes me want to cry. And then it makes me want to scream.
fresnoland.org/2025/10/14/g...
fresnoland.org/2025/10/14/g...
Did Forest Service negligence make the Garnet Fire worse?
Years of inaction by the US Forest Service station near Fresno put one of the agency’s last stands of old growth forests in California on the brink of
fresnoland.org
November 8, 2025 at 4:36 AM
This whole article makes me want to cry. And then it makes me want to scream.
fresnoland.org/2025/10/14/g...
fresnoland.org/2025/10/14/g...