Issues of concern to people who live in the west: property rights, water rights, endangered species, livestock grazing, energy production, wilderness and western agriculture. Plus a few items on western history, western literature and the sport of rodeo... Frank DuBois served as the NM Secretary of Agriculture from 1988 to 2003. DuBois is a former legislative assistant to a U.S. Senator, a Deputy Assistant Secretary of Interior, and is the founder of the DuBois Rodeo Scholarship.
Wednesday, August 14, 2013
Surprise findings: Climate change causes Marin redwoods grow bigger
Surprise. Marin's majestic redwoods — and others around the state — are experiencing unprecedented growth due to warmer temperatures and sunnier skies brought on by climate change, according to a report released Wednesday by the Save the Redwoods League. "Sunlight, enough water and warm conditions is the perfect recipe to grow happy redwoods and that's what we are seeing," said Emily Burns, director of science for Save the Redwoods League and lead researcher of the report. In 2009, the league launched an effort to determine what impact climate change is having on the redwoods, which dot Marin and have been made famous at the Muir Woods National Monument where thousands
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