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forest thinning

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How L.A. Bureaucracy Made It Harder to Clear Flammable Brush
California wildfires

How L.A. Bureaucracy Made It Harder to Clear Flammable Brush

A mishmash of government agencies failed to keep public lands safe from deadly wildfires, residents say
04 Feb 2025 6 min read
Forest Thinning Helps Curb Wildfires
Fighting Wildfires

Forest Thinning Helps Curb Wildfires

According to the experts quoted below, lack of selective logging and prescribed burning are primary reasons for the increasing severity of wildfires, and declining forest health.   NOTE: this article was originally published to NYTimes.com on September 13, 2021. It was written by Karen Weintraub.   Lake Tahoe, Sequoias survived wildfires
19 Oct 2021 3 min read
Fire-Protection Plans Hit Red Tape, Then the Flames Came
Berry Creek

Fire-Protection Plans Hit Red Tape, Then the Flames Came

Over time, our beautiful, once-productive public forests have become overgrown, money-losing firetraps. Everybody knows what needs to be done, but government regulations and ideological disputes prevent common sense remedies—many of which cost nothing.   When inevitable catastrophic fires occur, those in charge neither accept responsibility nor change their practices. Instead
29 Sep 2020 4 min read
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