Restoring Biodiversity - 9/12/2023
Combating the fuels of wildfire with horses. Market solutions to problematic small growth timber. Greek authorities target arsonists for starting forest fires. And more.
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Here is what we’ve been reading, watching and writing about this week…
Videos
Wildfire continues to devastate the American West at increasing rates. According to some, the plan that could combat the danger of forest fire lies in the complicated history and present role of the wild horse. Naturalist rancher William E. Simpson II, Michael Perez, and Pulitzer Prize winning author David Philipps explore the interconnected issues of wildfire and wild horses in the American West.
Articles
Turning Fire Risk Into Financial Reward
This article from the Property and Environment Research Center (PERC), a free market environmental think tank based in Bozeman, discusses market solutions to the problematic small growth timber choking our public forests. This small but abundant timber is generally thought to have little economic value.
Bonus: Here’s what we’ve been reading this week
- Climate Change, If It Exists, Could Be Cleared as Suspect in Greek Forest Fires as Authorities Start Accusing, and Arresting, Arsonists - More here →
- Britain is restoring ancient farmland 'ghost ponds'. Here's how they're recovering its dwindling biodiversity - More here →
- California Aims to Tap Beavers, Once Viewed as a Nuisance, to Help With Water Issues and Wildfires - More here →
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