Karl's NRM12 Blog

It's really hard to decide what my favorite place in nature would be, but if it really came down to it, it would have to be a tie between a redwood forest and the Mendonoma coast. I chose a redwood forest because that's where I grew up, and every time I'm in one I instantly feel more calm and at peace, hearing the sounds of nature soothes me and helps me feel more connected to the world as a whole; not to mention how beautiful it is. The towering trees also make me feel small in a good way, forcing me to think of the hundreds of years they've existed and how trivial everyday life can be in comparison to so much time passed. The reason for choosing the coastline and beaches of Mendocino and Sonoma is because of how mysteriously gorgeous they are, pushing me into an almost meditative state. I always get caught staring into the surf, thinking of how all life supposedly sprung from the ocean, how it never stops moving and changing, and how anything that enters either surv...

1.  List and describe the '3 Simple Steps' in getting ready for wildfire.  The three steps in getting ready for a wildfire are: 1.) PLAN 2.) KNOW and 3.) ACT 2.  Follow the links that lead you to Bark Beetle education.         a.  Explain to your blog readers why is there an infestation of bark beetles? There is an infestation of bark beetles because of how many dead and dying trees there are in California, making it a great place for these insects to find food and shelter.       b.  Inform your readers of the signs of bark beetle infestation?       Trees react to Bark Beetles in a similar way to most injuries that they sustain: by releasing pitch, it will be evident by leaving small white or reddish-brown pitch tubes on the outside of the bark. A white pitch tube means the tree deterred the Bark Beetles, and the reddish-brown tubes mean the Bark Beetle was successful in attacking the tree. Fr...

The information below is from this video . It has been summarized and put in bullet points, to read the full page on what I learned from this video, click this link to my other blog post . ---Trees that have fallen into a waterway have amny benefits, including protection and habitat for fish, trapping of nutrients, and the slowing of flood waters. ---The Siuslaw National Forest (located in Oregon) gets up to 100 inches of rain per year, making it one of the most productive temperate forests in the world. ---Since these resources drew in so many people that wanted to use them, it was classified as protected and therefore off limits after the Forest Summit in 1993 where Clinton helped create The Northwest Forest Plan. ---Roads began to deteriorate once timber funding was no longer a financial support for their maintenance. And landslides and major erosion occurred during the storm in 1996. ---This prompted the Forest Service to rethink things, so they began on ...

Seeing the Forest Trees that fall into the water have many affects, including the slowing of waters during floods to protect fish, as well as creating pools for habitat, they also help trap nutrients that support life in rivers and streams. The Forest Service used to remove trees from rivers in order to help the salmon travel unchallenged downstream, but after finding out that these were crucial for habitat as well as protection, the began to transport large trees to the rivers in Siuslaw National Park to help repair damage done by the timber industry and other factors. Siuslaw National Forest is located in Oregon, and some places get up to 100 inches of rain per year, making it one of the most productive temperate forests in the world. The trees grew so well that it attracted those who wanted to take these trees and use them for other means. The Forrest Summit in 1993 was a meeting where newly elected Clinton came to advocate for a long term plan to treat deforestation, this r...

The Life Cycle of a Salmon In this blog post I will be going over the life cycle of a Salmon. All of the information I address can be found in this video. SPAWNING-Femal Salmon start the process by laying thousands of eggs over a few days, males fertilize them immediately afterwards, the female then covers the eggs and stays for a few weeks to protect them, cold clean water delivers oxygen and carries away waste during this process, the recently hatched fry use yolksacks for nourishment. After they grow to 1 inch they are labeled as fingerlings, they will come back to the same place to spawn and die like their parents after they come back from the sea. OUT-MIGRATION- It varies among different species of Salmon between a few days to a few years in freshwater. They eat insects for food, and soon move to the main channel. After that they begin smolting to become ready for there time in the ocean, this is mainly caused by increased daylight and water temperature in th...

The four 'Faucet Approaches' discussed in this TED Talk  are as follows: Harvest storm runoff. Reuse/recycle waste water. Water conservation. Sea water de-salinization. 1.) Storm runoff is handled in cities mainly by building sewer systems to re-route this water so it doesn't flood our buildings and homes, however we could make a huge dent in the water we take from other sources by running this runoff through treatment plants and then letting it sink into the soil before recollecting it, helping the ecosystem and ourselves in the process. Some cities even get enough rainfall to provide the population with water for a year. 2.) We should also start reusing and recycling water more, through reverse osmosis and advanced oxidation, we have the ability to turn almost any waste water into a potable resource. There are also other methods such as rerouting it to a plant where sunshine and the growth of algae helps neutralize it before letting it p...