January 19, 2021 Trump Administration issues EO creating Wildland Fire Management Policy Committee Federal wildland fire management lacks a single focal point of responsibility for policy leadership and accountability for cost controls. While executive departments and agencies…
October 2, 2020 California Gov. Newsom exploiting wildfires to push radical climate change agenda Research shows massive wildfires have regularly swept through California. Indeed, a 2007 paper in the journal Forest Ecology and Management reported that prior to European colonization in…
September 26, 2020 Retired Fire Chief: The end of logging is turning forests into tinderboxes Going back to Native Americans in America, controlled burning (later called Prescribed Fire) have saved the west from huge conflagrations. By burning large brush…
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…
July 28, 2019 Utah will take bigger role in managing Manti-La Sal National Forest “This agreement strengthens the already strong partnership between the Forest Service and the State of Utah,” said Perdue. “Through shared stewardship, Utah and the…
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…
March 5, 2019 Oregon counties pressure feds for increased say in forest management, access Susan Roberts, chair of the Eastern Oregon Counties Association said, “Over time these two forests have had multiple road closures and access is becoming…
January 19, 2019 With Congress in paralysis, Trump takes wildfire management into his own hands The era of powerful presidents and weak congresses is clearly not over, with a Congress too divided to decide anything. This month a new…
December 20, 2018 Investigation uncovers failures at all levels of government in California wildfires Mounting evidence suggest the wildfires were in large part a result of regulatory failure. ProPublica, an investigative outlet based in New York, reviewed records and…
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…
