Char Miller
charmiller4.bsky.social
Char Miller
@charmiller4.bsky.social
Environmental historian| Pomona College|books: Burn Scars (2024)/Natural Consequences (2022)/West Side Rising (2021) | lucky grandpa
The best cheesemongers. Ever. Angelenos—go! “Life can suck at times, but you know what's good? Cheese." www.marketplace.org/story/2025/0...
"Life can suck at times, but you know what's good? Cheese."
Lydia Clarke navigates co-owning two California cheese shops and a bar amid tariffs and a decline in business in downtown Los Angeles.
www.marketplace.org
August 21, 2025 at 2:48 AM
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Char Miller, author of "Burn Scars: A Documentary History of Fire Suppression, from Colonial Origins to the Resurgence of Cultural Burning" talks about California wildfires on #TheAcademicMinute during Pomona College Week.🔥
August 18, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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Dr. Stephen R. Hausmann talks with OSU Press author Char Miller (@charmiller4.bsky.social) about his recent book "Burn Scars: A Documentary History of Fire Suppression, from Colonial Origins to the Resurgence of Cultural Burning" for @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social.
Take a listen: beav.es/x4M.
July 10, 2025 at 8:12 PM
The San Antonio Flood of 1921 Held Lessons We Refuse to Learn www.texasobserver.org/san-antonio-... - With thanks to the @Texas Observer for the chance to see the past in the present.
The San Antonio Flood of 1921 Held Lessons We Refuse to Learn
There is nothing unknown about what triggered the brutal Hill Country flood of 2025 and so many others dating back to the nineteenth century.
www.texasobserver.org
July 22, 2025 at 4:29 PM
San Antonio Friends: If you subscribe to EN, this will appear in Sunday's paper (and now online). Alas, behind a paywall otherwise
By not being proactive, Texas and Kerr County contributed significantly to disaster www.expressnews.com/opinion/comm...
Texas officials ignored what the Guadalupe has been telling us for years
This horrific flood has been heartbreaking, but not surprising.
www.expressnews.com
July 9, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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"Probes the long efforts to suppress #fire."

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June 30, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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Look! His and hers No Kings signs! ❌👑

#nokings
June 13, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Senator Padilla of California was wrestled to the ground and handcuffed today for doing his job: Asking a question of Kristi Noem, the Trump administration's Secretary of Homeland Security. sign.moveon.org/petitions/th...
Thank you, Senator Padilla
Senator Padilla of California was wrestled to the ground and handcuffed today for doing his job: Asking a question of Kristi Noem, the Trump administration's Secretary of Homeland Security.
sign.moveon.org
June 13, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Want to join me for this May Day Strong event?
April 26, 2025 at 12:41 AM
On April 5, we’re uniting to say Hands Off! Join me to fight back against Trump’s unprecedented power grab. app.sosha.ai/s/jooM4MWU
Join me on April 5th
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March 28, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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Feb 3, at 6:30pm: Mono Basin Historical Soc to host @sierra4ever Board Member & Author Char Miller for a 1hr Zoom talk on his book, “Burn Scars: A Documentary History of Fire Suppression.” Non-MBHS members, pls request Zoom link from curator@monobasinhistory.org. Buy book at shop.sierraforever.org.
January 23, 2025 at 7:00 PM