I grew up in SoCal and just seeing these shots of the chaparral takes me back to my childhood after so long living out of state. its nice to finally learn more about the ecosystem I used to see every day without thinking.
Thanks Jack for putting this together. We are currently writing a paper a conference in April that will focus on what was said after the 14 min mark with hopes of helping people get reconnected with Nature and ultimately actualize their true selves.
Wonderful , multifaceted video: plant and bird identification, adaptations, fires, mental benefits of hanging out in the chaparral, some conservation history, logical thinking and reasoning! This video has it all. I will be sharing with our nonprofit Preserve Wild Poway group. Thank you so much!
After growing up near San Francisco, visiting Los Angeles and Orange County for my grandparents so many times, and currently living in San Diego; it’s interesting and humbling to hear about this ecosystem in a new light. I was first exposed to the word chaparral, as described as an ecotype near Monterey on the coast, and reminded me of the Point Reyes tule elk reserve I had visited last spring. It gave me the idea beyond research, that tule elk are possibly coastal California’s Keystone herbivore like bison are to the plains, and are possibly instrumental in grazing away grass and forbes to facilitate this ecosystem between Santa Barbara, the wine country in the northern Bay Area, and historically the central valley riparian ecosystem. With that out-of-the-way, my recent studies with the Savory Institute, and the mentioning of the California grizzly bears being historically native to the chaparral; I’m wondering if other large herbivores besides the deer herds were historically instrumental in shaping the chaparral between Los Angeles and San Diego. What really fuels this idea for me, is the before and after picture comparison at the San Diego zoo, illustrating the Ice Age ecosystem with the megafauna, and what is left. I will definitely look into joining the chaparral Institute to see what there is to learn about the ecosystem, in my curiosity about the tule elk, and other large herbivores. I will add that one major plant. I have found that ties coastal California together, is the coast Live Oak that has lately been producing acorns as of the writing of this comment.
Thank you for your work in sueing the county. I can only hope mdlt can have the same success in the high desert. I don’t people realize how much land destruction is going on here
Doesn’t sound honest. That’s not what long time fire managers decided. No land management agency could afford with personnel, equipment and resources. Fire management efforts are very limited and managed by professionals who like you claim love our environment. That’s why we chose the profession. You might have ostracized yourself from that community. You sound great though. Much great information but not entirely yet. Keep on exploring.
I grew up in SoCal and just seeing these shots of the chaparral takes me back to my childhood after so long living out of state. its nice to finally learn more about the ecosystem I used to see every day without thinking.
Thanks Jack for putting this together. We are currently writing a paper a conference in April that will focus on what was said after the 14 min mark with hopes of helping people get reconnected with Nature and ultimately actualize their true selves.
Thanks for working with me!
Wonderful , multifaceted video: plant and bird identification, adaptations, fires, mental benefits of hanging out in the chaparral, some conservation history, logical thinking and reasoning! This video has it all. I will be sharing with our nonprofit Preserve Wild Poway group. Thank you so much!
Thanks for the kind words!
Well made video! Learned a ton! I could listen to Rick talk for hours.
Thank you for making this video! more people need to hear and learn about this valuable type of habitat.
I read a book about chapparal and one thing that stood out to me was the very small % of this habitat there is in the world
Love it!!
After growing up near San Francisco, visiting Los Angeles and Orange County for my grandparents so many times, and currently living in San Diego; it’s interesting and humbling to hear about this ecosystem in a new light. I was first exposed to the word chaparral, as described as an ecotype near Monterey on the coast, and reminded me of the Point Reyes tule elk reserve I had visited last spring.
It gave me the idea beyond research, that tule elk are possibly coastal California’s Keystone herbivore like bison are to the plains, and are possibly instrumental in grazing away grass and forbes to facilitate this ecosystem between Santa Barbara, the wine country in the northern Bay Area, and historically the central valley riparian ecosystem.
With that out-of-the-way, my recent studies with the Savory Institute, and the mentioning of the California grizzly bears being historically native to the chaparral; I’m wondering if other large herbivores besides the deer herds were historically instrumental in shaping the chaparral between Los Angeles and San Diego. What really fuels this idea for me, is the before and after picture comparison at the San Diego zoo, illustrating the Ice Age ecosystem with the megafauna, and what is left.
I will definitely look into joining the chaparral Institute to see what there is to learn about the ecosystem, in my curiosity about the tule elk, and other large herbivores.
I will add that one major plant. I have found that ties coastal California together, is the coast Live Oak that has lately been producing acorns as of the writing of this comment.
Thank you for your work in sueing the county. I can only hope mdlt can have the same success in the high desert. I don’t people realize how much land destruction is going on here
And 20% of the world's biodiversity
Doesn’t sound honest. That’s not what long time fire managers decided. No land management agency could afford with personnel, equipment and resources. Fire management efforts are very limited and managed by professionals who like you claim love our environment. That’s why we chose the profession. You might have ostracized yourself from that community. You sound great though. Much great information but not entirely yet. Keep on exploring.