Sep 123 minPollination StationIn previous wildlife hacks, I encouraged you to alter your perspective to experience the nature surrounding you. By focusing on sound rat...
Aug 173 minThe Language of BirdsLast week, I introduced the Dawn Chorus as a way to use your own home to get out into nature. This week, I’m going to help you make the m...
Aug 105 minThe Dawn ChorusSchool starts on Monday for students here in Redding, CA, and the kids are stuck at home. Chances are, you are stuck at home. Teachers ar...
Aug 32 minOne Touch of Nature Makes the Whole World KinNearly four months have passed since your coronavirus questions were answered. Since then, though we’ve all been stuck at home, the lands...
Apr 614 minYour Coronavirus Questions AnsweredWhy is Home Sweet Habitat writing about the Coronavirus? The Short Answer: I want to help in some small way. The Long Answer: This global...
Mar 13, 20193 minIf you can't handle the heat...If you ever come to my house and smell rotting flesh, please don’t call the cops... It’s just my corpse flower! Last year I was gifted wi...
Feb 19, 20194 minHabitat: Expect the Typical; Survive the ExtremeRedding and the rest of the North State got absolutely walloped by snow this week. Depending on the news source, anywhere from eight to t...
Jan 25, 20193 minDeath Valley National Park: Timing is EverythingWhen I was seven, I traveled to South Korea to visit family and friends. When I arrived after a 12-hour plane ride, I discovered that som...
Jan 7, 20194 minDeath Valley National Park: Hostile, Brutal, BeautifulDeath Valley National Park is a remarkable place. The park is just east of the Sierra Nevada mountain range, placing it within a severe r...
Dec 23, 20185 minFireproof: How to prevent catastrophic wildfires from ruining more livesWe have now addressed how fires historically burned in California, the human forces that changed California’s fire regime, the behavior o...
Nov 11, 20184 minHow to Protect Yourself and Your Property from Post-Fire CatastropheIn my previous post, I explained that flash floods and landslides pose the greatest threat to human life and property in the rainy season...
Nov 11, 20182 minFires, Floods, and LandslidesIn my previous post, I discussed just how damaging an unnatural crown fire is not only to the ecology of an area, but also to the soils. ...
Nov 10, 20184 minCrown Fires: The New Normal?As I discussed in my previous post, crown fires are fires that burn vertically into the crowns (leaved, upper portions) of trees. Crown f...
Nov 4, 20184 minHow California’s Fire Ecology was HijackedIn my previous post I described just how vital fire is to California’s ecosystems. Periodic fire is necessary for the maintenance of nati...
Oct 27, 20184 minHistorical Wildfire in CaliforniaOn July 23rd, 2018, an RV with a flat tire sent a spark into the roadside brush inside Whiskeytown National Recreation Area. That spark b...
Sep 5, 20182 minWelcome to Home Sweet Habitat! Welcome, Habitat Engineers, to the Home Sweet Habitat Blog! Since you’re here, I commend you for taking a positive step in the movement t...
