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===== California gardeners plant native species in parks to prevent wildfire spread – in pictures ===== | |||
[https://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2025/may/26/california-plants-garden-wildfires by Philip Cheung 26/5/25 The Guardian] | |||
Test Plot, a project launched in 2019 by the landscape architecture firm Terremoto, has built eight plots in Elysian Park alone.On a recent Friday morning, volunteers were pulling out invasive grass and black mustard to make room for wildflowers and other drought-resistant, native species. | |||
===== Even a freeway is redeemable’: world’s largest wildlife crossing takes shape in Los Angeles ===== | |||
[https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/06/la-wildlife-freeway-crossing by Katharine Gammon 6/4/25 The Guardian] | |||
Above the whirring of 300,000 cars each day on Los Angeles’s 101 freeway, an ambitious project is taking shape. The Wallis Annenberg wildlife crossing is the largest wildlife bridge in the world at 210ft long and 174ft wide, and this week it’s had help taking shape: soil. | |||
===== Native Plants are Flammable Too ===== | |||
[https://sfforest.org/2019/01/05/native-plants-are-flammable-too/ by SF Forest Alliance 5/1/19 San Francisco Forest Alliance] | |||
Three of the most flammable plants in California landscapes are bay laurels, coyote brush, and chamise – all native. An evenhanded presentation of fire hazard ratings for all plants that does not downplay the danger of native plants or exaggerate the danger of non-native plants would better serve people working to address fire hazards. | |||
===== Proposed “American Perimeter Trail” Would Circumnavigate Entire Contiguous United States (14,000 Miles) ===== | ===== Proposed “American Perimeter Trail” Would Circumnavigate Entire Contiguous United States (14,000 Miles) ===== | ||
