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a. Where's the chaparral?

b. Old-growth chaparral

c. Plants & animals

d. Chaparral geology

e. Tiny things

CHAPARRAL MYTHS

CHAP PRESERVATION PLAN

a. Grizzly Bear N.M.

b. Rancho Guejito

THREATS TO CHAPARRAL

HELP! CalFire EIR

a. Chaparral as evil

b. Panic over Fire

c. Climate Change

d. "Prescribed" Fire

e. Loss in Cuyamaca

f. "Fuel" Treatments

g. Carbon Sequestration

FIRE

FIRE & NATURE

FIRE & SCIENCE

FIRE & PEOPLE

A PLEA: It's the Embers!

FIRE & POLITICS

POST-FIRE ENVIRONMENT

BOOK EXCERPTS

VERNAL POOLS

WOLVES

BURROWING OWLS

LINKS & FRIENDS

SITE MAP

Live Nature, Love Life

CHAPARRAL LINKS

PLACES

San Diego County

Mission Trails Regional Park (San Diego)

Crestridge Ecological Preserve (East County)

San Dieguito River Park

San Diego Natural History Museum

Volcan Mountain (Ramona)

Sycamore Canyon Open Space Preserves

Daley Ranch (Escondido)

Torrey Pines State Reserve (San Diego)

San Diego Botanical Garden (Encinitas)

Cleveland National (Chaparral) Forest

Calavera (Carlsbad/Vista)

Orange County

Orange County Wild

Cleveland National (Chaparral) Forest

Riverside County

Santa Rosa Plateau

Cleveland National (Chaparral) Forest

Los Angeles County

Santa Monica Mountains

Catalina Island Conservancy

Eaton Canyon Natural Area (Pasadena)

Angeles National (Chaparral) Forest

Placerita Canyon Nature Center

Cold Creek Basin (Mountains Restoration Trust: Santa Monica Mountains)

San Bernardino County

San Bernardino National (Chaparral) Forest

Santa Barbara County

Santa Barbara Botanical Garden

Los Padres National (Chaparral) Forest

San Luis Obispo County

Los Osos Elfin Forest Preserve (a remarkable place)

San Luis Obispo Botanical Garden

Monterey County

Ventana Wilderness Alliance (a great source of information)

Santa Cruz County

Bonny Doon Ecological Preserve

Alameda County

Claremont Canyon Conservancy (Oakland/Berkeley)
SUBJECT LINKS

Chaparral Plant/Habitat Information:

Plant ID, information, research:

Wayne Armstrong's Natural History Textbook

San Diego County Plant Atlas

Find the location of many plants in San Diego County via Goggle Maps

Southern Californian Plants (Tom Chester)

Rare Plants of San Diego County

Common Chaparral Plants (San Gabriel Foothills) - Nature at Hand

Resource Conservation District of Greater San Diego

Chaparral Research papers by Jon E. Keeley

Environmental Literacy Council


Native Plant Nurseries/Gardening:

Tree of Life Nursery (Native plant source in Orange County)

Theodore Payne Foundation (native plants)

Native Plant Source and Information (Las Pilitas Nursery)

Weeding Wild Suburbia - Adventures with Native Plants

Growing Native


Botanical/Nature Appreciation Organizations:

Havasi Wilderness Foundation

California Native Plant Society-San Diego

Save the Chaparral: a personal blog

Mediterranean Garden Society

California Botanical Society

Southern California Botanists


Chaparral Animals:

South Coast Wildlands (helping to secure wildlife corridors throughout southern California)

San Diego Audubon

Butterflies and Moths of Southern California

California Grizzly

Cougars

The Island Fox

Condor Lookout
Fire Related:

Research/Information:

Center for Fire Research and Outreach

Fire Research on chaparral (Jon E. Keeley)

USFS Fire Effects Information (excellent source for species response to fires)

Wildland Fire Lessons Learned Center

National Fire News

Firefighters:

Firefighters United for Safety, Ethics, and Ecology

California Hotshots

California State Firefighters Association

CalFire (California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection)

The Home of the Wildland Firefighter (excellent support and information concerning firefighting)

Fire Education:

San Diego Wildfires Education Project

Fire Safe Council (California fire safety program)

Firewise (nationwide fire safety program)


Invasive Plants:

The California Invasive Plant Council


Reconnecting with Nature:

Naturalist for You (Orange County)

International Association for the Child's Right to Play

The Story of Marshal South at Yaquitepec (Anza-Borrego Desert)

The Urban Wildlands Group


Other Conservation Organizations Focusing on Protecting Native Shrublands:

Los Padres Forest Watch

Sagebrush Sea

Ventana Wilderness Alliance

Other Sites of Interest

Avoid Misconceptions When Teaching About Plants

Creek Running North (Excellent Nature Commentary)

Kumeyaay (Native American tribes in southwestern California)

California's Gold (Green series) with Huell Howser

Jim Karnik (nature photographer and filmmaker)

Western Regional Climate Center

 
Fun Stuff:

The term chaparral has been borrowed to name everything from a natural herb to a western television show. No wonder people get confused. Here are a few non-chaparral, chaparral links. Have fun.

The show

The Stanford Chaparral, a humor magazine


Chaparral High Schools:

El Cajon, California (actually near some chaparral)

Temecula, California (real chaparral near here too)