July Dinner - Outreach in Australia

Dave came back from his "mission" in Australia and shared with us photos and the many things he learned while on vacation about efforts to protect the environment down under.  Very informative!

Dave writes:
"I have always been fascinated by Jared Diamond's book 'Collapse' published in 1995, particularly Chapter 13 regarding Australia, so it was interesting to see some of the agricultural and environmental challenges and solutions first hand.  I also observed two parallels to environmental issues in the United States:

1)  The aftermath of a horrific fire in Alpine National Park, similar to the destructive levels of our 1988 Yellowstone conflagration, exposing artificial fire suppression as a failed policy

2)  At the community level, a habitat restoration project that showed native plant issues are much the same in Australia as is California."