Water cycling and human agency
What OpenET can show in the western U.S.
Managing wholes
Writing and updates about carbon and water cycling, soil health, and communities of practice.
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Testimony
A rewrite of my comments at the closing circle of a Carbon and Culture conference sponsored by the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation along with the Oregon DEQ, Cove, OR 2025-10-1.
The social weak link
In simple, right/wrong situations, information or data is often the key to solving problems.
A kitchen-counter water cycle experiment
plus some crude estimates from remote sensing of the soil sponge
Global loss of soil moisture
highlights the broken water cycle on land
AgEmerge podcast interview
Last summer Monte Bottens interviewed me
Soil health principles
A very well-presented video by Cat Buxton of Sharon, Vermont on the soil health principles.
The trouble with carbon
Many states, including Oregon, have passed legislation with incentives for agricultural and forestry practices that are presumed to constitute "natural climate solutions." Oregon's Natural and Working Lands Proposal rightly recognizes soil health as a priority for Oregon's working lands.
Monitoring solar energy
In working on soilhealth.app, I continue to wonder what sort of visualizations of energy flow and change over time might be useful to producers.
Dave Chapman interviews me
Dave Chapman of the Real Organic movement interviewed me in February 2023.