Backcountry Press has announced the release of “California Trees,” a field guide by botanists and naturalists Matt Ritter and Michael Kauffmann. This book is more than just an identification manual — ...
Ecologist Michael Kauffmann knows Dr. Seuss’s book “The Lorax” by heart. But he doesn’t identify, exactly, with the book’s namesake orange critter who, raging against the Truffala Tree-trashing ...
Sandy Masuo can name her top 10 favorite trees at The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens in San Marino. Her credibility is impeccable: as botanical content specialist at the ...
This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. The Joshua tree, an icon of the California desert, is disappearing because of human encroachment and climate ...
Western Joshua trees in California are increasingly threatened by changing climate conditions, including rising heat, increasing drought, more frequent wildfires, and by expanding renewable energy and ...
From the scarecrow-like silhouettes of Joshua Tree National Park to the fog-shrouded Redwood Coast of Mendocino and Humboldt counties, California's identity is deeply rooted in its trees. However, a ...
California has approved an unprecedented plan to protect the iconic Joshua tree from climate change and development. The western Joshua tree conservation plan is a broad blueprint that compiles ...