Using fire to manage fire-prone regions around the world
Inaugural online-only Special Issue of Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment showcases prescribed burns around the globe.
Inaugural online-only Special Issue of Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment showcases prescribed burns around the globe.
Read MorePerceived food safety risk from wildlife drives expensive and unnecessary habitat destruction around farm fields. Meticulous attention to food safety is a good thing. As consumers, we like to hear that produce growers and distributers go above and beyond food safety mandates to ensure that healthy fresh fruits and vegetables do not carry bacteria or viruses that can make us sick. But in California’s Salinas Valley, some more vigorous interventions are cutting into the last corners of wildlife habitat and potentially threatening water quality, without evidence of food safety benefits.
Read MoreInaugural online-only Special Issue of Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment showcases prescribed burns around the globe.
Perceived food safety risk from wildlife drives expensive and unnecessary habitat destruction around farm fields. Meticulous attention to food safety is a good thing. As consumers, we like to hear that produce growers and distributers go above and beyond food safety mandates to ensure that healthy fresh fruits and vegetables do not carry bacteria or viruses that can make us sick. But in California’s Salinas Valley, some more vigorous interventions are cutting into the last corners of wildlife habitat and potentially threatening water quality, without evidence of food safety benefits.