Posts in category Wildfire

Maybe we need to start naming these devastating wildfires after members of Congress that refuse to support forest restoration pace and scale.

This is part 3 of our series “It’s time to declare war on wildfire”.  You can read part 1 here and part 2 here. In …

This is Part 2 of our series “It’s Time to Declare War on Wildfire.” Part 1 can be found here. This section begins with Rob …

It might be the Christmas season, but you’d never know it from the volume of angry email we’re getting concerning the West’s wildfire pandemic. The …

The immediate need is to rebuild the forestry side of the Forest Service. This means that Republicans and Democrats in the next Congress need to find an extra $5 billion in Fiscal 2021. Funds must be specifically allocated for forestry staffing and forest management – not wildfire.

“On a scale of one to 10, how well do you think the Forest Service is prepared for what is predicted to be a bad wildfire season made worse by COVID-19?”

Sign the attached electronic petition urging Congress to grant the Forest Service the regulatory authorities it needs to treat diseased and dying national forests before wildfires destroy them.

Frank Carroll, a Colorado forester and wildfire expert, speaks with Evergreen founder, Jim Petersen, concerning managed fire and his assessment of Petersen’s book “First, put out the Fire!”

Editor’s Note: Evergreen Readers will be familiar with our colleague, Michael Rains, one of the finest minds the U.S. Forest Service ever employed. Now retired …

If you have not read the introductory article Rearranging the Deck Chairs on Our Titanic, Click here to be taken to it. It is short …