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How We Treat Wild Horses

"Invasion Biology"

How We Treat Wild Horses

This video was created by Wild Horse Fire Brigade, a non-profit dedicated to expanding wild horse populations in order to reduce fire hazard on public lands. They challenge viewers with this question: “Do you want to keep funding Orgs that merely show photos of what’s wrong, ad-nauseam? Or that

The Big Burn of 1910 and the Choking of America’s Forests

California wildfires

The Big Burn of 1910 and the Choking of America’s Forests

This article from PERC (Property and Environment Research Center), the free market environmental think tank based in Bozeman, discusses the origin of the public forest management policy that has turned out to be so bad for our national forests. NOTE: this article was originally published to PERC.org on June

A Legacy of Tinderbox Forests

A Legacy of Tinderbox Forests

“Quoting the author below, ” Fire caused by the effects of climate change will require human intervention of another order (of magnitude). NOTE: this article was originally published to WSJ.com on August 19, 2021. It was written by Amanda Foreman. Long before climate change exacerbated the problem, policies meant to

After Years of Political Gridlock, Oregon’s Fire Disaster Brings ‘New Reality’

After Years of Political Gridlock, Oregon’s Fire Disaster Brings ‘New Reality’

Insistence on unproven and costly schemes like “cap and trade” continue to block immediate, inexpensive measures for wildfire prevention. NOTE: this article was originally published to NYTimes.com on September 23, 2020. It was written by Mike Baker. Early this year, lawmakers considered legislation to thin forests, hire firefighters and

Trapped in Paradise

California’s Camp Fire

Trapped in Paradise

Decades of neglect have turned much of America’s forests into fire traps. Many need immediate attention to reduce brush, dead trees and overcrowding.