DD Support Board and Research Team

[shajandr]

Possible good (or badd) nooz for local raccoons.

https://www.sfgate.com/california-parks/article/caution-urged-as-california-wildlife-surges-18118905.php

At the Hacienda and Estancia, we gett plenny of rattlers (I almost stepped on one once!), hawks, turkey vultures, and beaucoup mountain lions. DaSun getts regular bear visits at Truckee and ll the garbage must be in bear-proof enclosures. He has even had bears open his car doors and rummage in his center console, and a housemate with a lift-kit Tundra has had a bear get in his truck (which is high) and eat some snacks he had there. They can open unlocked vehicles with ease.

On the flora front, I have been conducting spraying, brushcutting/tree-trimming, and weedwhacking operations over the past few weeks. I just stopped t the hardware store yesterday after the DMV to buy more herbicide including some that will kill woody plants like the highly invasive blackberries and Scotch broom, as well as star thistle (glyphosate is insufficient for these). So this long weekend I will be doing more spraying, weedwhacking, brush trimming, and branch sawing with both handsaws and chainsaw.

Rainy years like this one are good for the water supply, but they make for a lot of vegetation growth. While the moisture makes early season fire danger lower, the higher fuel load caused by all the vegetation growth makes late-season wildfires burn hotter and faster once the new growth dries~OUTT..
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