Hear a recorded press conference on the importance of the Tongass rainforests, older forests, and large trees nationwide for climate mitigation.
The Biden administration is thankfully re-entering the Paris Climate Agreement and will announce its climate commitments at the end of this month. Wild Heritage is providing preliminary analyses of the carbon and climate importance of the Tongass and older forests and large trees nationwide.
The Biden administration is thankfully preparing for the climate meetings in Glasgow and will soon announce it’s climate commitments. 111 scientists, led by Dr. Dominick DellaSala, Wild Heritage, are asking the president to set aside the nation’s most carbon and bio-rich older forests beginning with the Tongass in Alaska.
Wild Heritage’s Chief Scientist, and former spotted owl recovery team member, comments on what it will take to save the owl and mature forests in the Pacific Northwest in The misguided spotted owl shell game.
Read the “Statement by Scientists and Economists on BECCS from Forest Biomass” signed by Wild Heritage Chief Scientist Dominick DellaSala.
The Primary Forests microfilm, brilliantly produced and directed by Jaime Rojo Visuals, wins Honorable Mention at the highly prestigious Jackson Wild Film Festival in the Forests category!
500 scientists, led by Dr. Peter Raven, Director Emeritus of the Missouri Botanical Society in St. Louis, Missouri USA, signed a letter to the Biden administration, the EU and the UN against burning forests as biofuels.
Wild Heritage Executive Director Cyril Kormos has been invited to participate in the Global Environment Facility’s Technical Advisory Group Feb. 8-11, which will provide technical input on potential directions for investments in preparation for the 8th Replenishment Cycle of the GEF Trust Fund (GEF-8).
New science shows the imperiled spotted owl may benefit from large fires of mixed intensities that leave optimal foraging and nesting for owls, despite claims made by land managers to the contrary. Wild Heritage Chief Scientist, a former member of the US Fish & Wildlife Service’s owl recovery team, comments on new owl-fire research findings.
Western towns need to be designed for fire safety in a changing climate including reducing ex-urban sprawl into areas likely to burn, hardening existing structures, and building new ones with fire safety in mind. Wild Heritage’s Chief Scientist, Dr. Dominick DellaSala, discussed the Talent, OR rebuild underway following the destructive Almeda fire that was climate driven.
Listen to the Jefferson Public Radio interview with Dr. DellaSala
The Almeda fire was driven by climate change and more of these urban disasters are happening across the West. The September 8 Almeda fire started from suspect arson in Ashland, OR spreading within hours to adjacent towns of Talent and Phoenix, OR, where it destroyed 3,000 homes. It was climate driven.
