Project Bedrock

For those who haven't read Wanted! Mountain Cedars and Alive by Elizabeth McGreevy, here's a 3-page synopsis. Courtesy of Sharon Hixson, Hill Country Master Naturalist and Kerrville NPSOT member.

Synopsis of Mountain Cedar book.pdf

When 40% of a watershed is clear-cut, a flood that used to occur once every 100 years can start occurring once every 3 years, and the bigger the flood, the worse the effect.

New research from , published in Forest Ecology and Management, examines a BC watershed to show how clear-cut logging reshapes flood risk — and untangles that effect from what's being driven by climate change alone.

The findings highlight that flood response depends not just on how much forest is removed, but where and when harvesting occurs across the landscape.

🔗 Read the full paper: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378112726003932

Register for next week's workshop about Hill Country water, featuring Rachael Lindsey. Make sure to bring a water bottle and comfortable shoes