September 20, 2020 Tree Huggers vs Science: The environmental movement’s confused forest policy In a historic forest, gentle fires burned often enough to clear dead wood and small trees from under the big trees. They might flare…
October 9, 2019 California’s forest management crisis leads to power outages for millions The company was found responsible for numerous wildfires in the past, including the 2018 Paradise fire that killed 86 people… This preemptive move aims…
July 8, 2019 California’s 147 million dead trees a powder keg waiting to be lit “It’s just a matter of time,” says Amy Head, a Cal Fire battalion chief. “When it happens, we’re looking at dry standing fuel ready…
November 16, 2018 California wildfires caused by pattern of bad government decisions In short, to blame the fires in California on the source of a fire’s ignition are attempts by politicians and bureaucrats to mislead…
November 14, 2018 Land management policies, population growth at root of California wildfires Indeed, the latest National Climate Assessment special report found there’s only a “low to medium confidence for a detectable human climate change contribution in…
September 20, 2018 Arizona Apaches employ logging, clearing, prescribed burns in wildfire management “On the Rattlesnake Fire, it didn’t burn hardly any on the White Mountain Apache side because it burned up to their prescribed burn and…
November 6, 2017 Utah enviros oppose pro-sage grouse tree-removal project The study found that sage grouse breeding does not occur where pinyon-juniper occupies more than 4 percent of the land area. Wildlife biologists say…
October 18, 2017 ‘Equal Access to Justice’ abuses impede responsible forest management The act was passed in 1980 to help veterans with disabilities pursue claims against the federal government. Today it has been expanded, largely by…
October 13, 2017 Can wild horses help solve the West’s wildfire scourge? “This plan posits the redisposition of approximately 50,000 wild horses held in BLM and USFS corrals in and around selected wilderness forest areas via…
September 11, 2017 Science confirms fuels reduction policies needed to stem wildfires Across the country, particularly in the west, national forests have millions of dead and dying trees. Growth and mortality rates far outpace fuels reduction…
