Sheer Neglect
Maybe we need to start naming these devastating wildfires after members of Congress that refuse to support forest restoration pace and scale.
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 …
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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.
The Forest Service’s boots-on-the-ground ranks have been decimated over the last 15 years. Lots of new people will need to be hired and trained. It will take at least a decade to restore the skill sets needed to do the necessary forest restoration work at the required pace and scale. Fire ecologists I know tell me we have a 30-year window before wildfire takes what we have not treated. If we accept 90 million acres restored as our 30-year target, we need to thin three million acres annually.
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 …
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