Rare lichen and plant conservation

Science Friday: Land of Lichens

Do western lichens need federal protection?

Should golden paintbrush have been delisted as an endangered species?

Pac NW lichens are going missing. Scientists want to know why

Long-term legacies of Indigenous land management in Pacific Northwest forest gardens 

ScienceMag.org – Pacific Northwest’s ‘forest gardens’ were deliberately planted by Indigenous people

National Geographic – ‘Forest gardens’ show how Native land stewardship can outdo nature

Smithsonian Magazine – Indigenous Peoples in British Columbia Tended ‘Forest Gardens’

Lichen recolonization after fire in chaparral shrublands

The Revelator – 5 Things to Know as Wildfire Season Heats Up

Sagebrush steppe ecosystems and disturbance

The Counter – Ranchers say they can graze away wildfires. Environmentalists beg to differ.

Altered fire regimes and Sierra Nevada Lichens

Reno Gazette-Journal – California fires destroying lichen, a critical forest resource

Earther – Hotter fires could mess with entire food webs

CapRadio – If This Small Organism Continues To Disappear In California’s Forests Due To Wildfires, It Will Alter The Food Chain

New York Times – Fierce and unpredictable: How wildfires become infernos

Woody encroachment in Ozark glade grasslands

Topeka Capital Journal – Climate change may erode size of key tallgrass forage by 60 percent

Fire severity and Sierra Nevada plant communities

KQED – Hotter fires are transforming California’s forests

KCRA – Wildfires are transforming California forests — for the worse

Chicoer – Severely burned sites like Concow could see less plant diversity, per new study