In the midst of a string of catastrophic wildfires, the California Senate sent a bill to Governor Jerry Brown’s desk Friday that makes sweeping changes to forest management and wildfire prevention while addressing the role utility companies play in … [Continue reading]
Native birds, animals thrive in burned forests, research shows
https://youtu.be/1BmTq8vGAVo Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke is blaming this summer’s large-scale wildfires on environmentalists, who he contends oppose “active management” in forests. But the idea that wildfires should be suppressed by logging … [Continue reading]
Spiraling wildland firefighting costs largely beyond Forest Service’s control
Just six months after the devastating Thomas Fire – the largest blaze in California’s history – was fully contained, the 2018 fire season is fully under way. As of mid-July, large wildfires had already burned over 1 million acres in a dozen … [Continue reading]
Pyne: It’s time to rethink firefighting in the wildland-urban interface
So far, the 2018 fire season has produced a handful of big fires in California, Nevada, New Mexico and Colorado; conflagrations in Oklahoma and Kansas; and a fire bust in Alaska, along with garden-variety wildfires from Florida to Oregon. Some of … [Continue reading]
Analysis: In zeal to restrict logging, advocacy groups exploit dubious research
In the end, the orange-coated Lorax protesting outside the 2018 International Mass Timber Conference was not the most surprising development that March morning in Portland, Oregon. That came when I visited with the protest’s organizer and asked … [Continue reading]
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