Jonathan Coop
@coopecology.bsky.social
I study forests and fire 🔥. Thus, climate too. Professor at Western Colorado University.
This is a great contribution Timon, fantastic work!
October 17, 2025 at 7:36 PM
This is a great contribution Timon, fantastic work!
Thanks. A little bleak for some of the pines but the scrub oak sure has a bright future.
September 30, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Thanks. A little bleak for some of the pines but the scrub oak sure has a bright future.
As I understand it, the unscorched tree lines are thought to be the product of horizontal wind vortices, parallel to the direction of spread at higher wind speeds but forming concentric circles at lower wind speeds. Refugia for understory species. Also note unburned island of mixed aspen+conifer.
August 1, 2025 at 8:05 PM
As I understand it, the unscorched tree lines are thought to be the product of horizontal wind vortices, parallel to the direction of spread at higher wind speeds but forming concentric circles at lower wind speeds. Refugia for understory species. Also note unburned island of mixed aspen+conifer.
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This would be the largest public lands sell-off in modern U.S. history and it's happening with no hearings, no debate, and no public input.
See what public lands would be available for sale:
www.wilderness.org/articles/med...
See what public lands would be available for sale:
www.wilderness.org/articles/med...
120 million acres of public lands eligible for sale in SENR budget reconciliation package
The bill mandates disposal of over 2 million acres of BLM and National Forest lands; public lands eligible for sale in the bill encompass over 120 million acres, including local recreation areas, wild...
www.wilderness.org
June 16, 2025 at 9:13 PM
This would be the largest public lands sell-off in modern U.S. history and it's happening with no hearings, no debate, and no public input.
See what public lands would be available for sale:
www.wilderness.org/articles/med...
See what public lands would be available for sale:
www.wilderness.org/articles/med...
nice! You all are still burning down there? How long does the Rx season go?
June 19, 2025 at 2:39 AM
nice! You all are still burning down there? How long does the Rx season go?
Or, contributing to the assertion that it is all harmful (also false).
May 15, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Or, contributing to the assertion that it is all harmful (also false).
Beautiful. What a difference a few inches makes! Or a thousand feet...
April 24, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Beautiful. What a difference a few inches makes! Or a thousand feet...