Island Press Field Notes

Lynx, like other carnivores, need to disperse.

If you've been following Olympics news, you know it's not just quad throws, Yolo flips, and medal counts.

For over two decades, I have studied forests from Oregon's amazing coastal rainforests to the fire-adapted forests of the West. In dry forests, there are three issues that reoccur every fire season: (1) forests will burn regardless of what we do; (2) politicians will propose unchecked post-fire "salvage" logging, even in national parks, as a quick fix; and (3) scientists will continue to document the incredible regeneration that takes place after fires and how post-fire logging disrupts forest renewal.

This guest post if from Teresa Pereira, winner of our Why Restore? video contest