The Strata Blog

Climate change, among other causes, is changing the nature of firefighting, and is putting year-round demands on many landscapes. Firefighters must be able to respond to these increasing demands, [...]

If humans want to continue to be able to access GPS, track the climate, access global communication networks, and travel to space to conduct scientific research, cleaning up space debris is an [...]

Despite questions concerning the wisdom of Virginia’s outright ban on uranium mining – especially in an age where nuclear energy seems like one of the world’s greatest assets in combating climate [...]

This program highlights the benefits of a federalist style approach by allowing businesses, non-profits, and residents to work together to accomplish the goal of reducing food waste and food [...]

With the global determination rising to tackle climate challenges, it looks like Bill is right. Nuclear power should play a major in future energy policies.

In 1995, the Montana State Legislature established the Future Fisheries Improvement Program (FFIP). This program sought to expand project opportunities and funding allocated for fish habitat [...]

Every society needs rules to function, and the Ostroms distinguished between rule-makers who govern over others and those who govern with others.

With trees being so important, revitalizing areas where deforestation has occurred – the way Appalachian states have by partnering with coal companies and private organizations – key to ensuring [...]

Domestic livestock grazing is one of the many tools that has been proven to limit the risk of wildfire and should be better utilized today to reduce the severity and size of the fuel loads upon [...]

Recognizing the major contribution that mobile sources have on the state's overall air quality, Oregon has set its sights on incentivizing the purchase of electric vehicles by offering rebates [...]

Fuel management is crucial to reducing the risk of large fires in the long term. But arguing about funding fuels management alone is not enough.

In Utah, ranchers have strong incentives to maintain rangeland for their livestock, but unfortunately, they do not always possess the resources. Conversely, the federal government usually has the [...]

Nuclear energy will surely bring its own challenges, but if the climate situation is truly as urgent as it appears the global community needs to drastically cut emissions in a short timeframe [...]

Only after the hunger for protein has been satiated, will humanity become as good at planting trees as it is at feeding people.

Cooperative Wildlife Management Units are realistic solutions for the future of wildlife management in Utah.

Polycentric systems may be the best hope we have for finding solutions for the diverse environmental problems we face.

Described as being “made from several layers of dried lumber boards stacked in alternating directions, glued and pressed to form rectangular panels,” Cross Laminated Timber (CLT) – the most [...]

The solution to America’s wildfire problem is closer than you may think. Wildfires in the western United States threaten millions of people and their homes every year. Some fires have even [...]

In 2018, China officially removed itself from its role as the world’s “garbage dump” by refusing to buy plastic scrap. Since then, much of the western world has scrambled for solutions to the [...]

Every year, an additional 8 million tons of plastic waste ends up in the ocean, with 90% coming from just ten rivers, eight in Asia and two in Africa. Preventing and cleaning up ocean plastic [...]