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The Federal Government, who has been partially in charge of the Dixie Fire, has a more relaxed approach to wildfires. The recent River fire was fought with Cali
by fasteddie31003 5y ago
The Federal Government, who has been partially in charge of the Dixie Fire, has a more relaxed approach to wildfires. The recent River fire was fought with California management and resources. It was put down within a day. I really don't think the Federal Government should be able to own so much land in a state. The state of California is closer to the land and could manage it better in my opinion. The forests need to be managed defensively and need to be cleared to recreate what an uncontrolled wildfire would have done in the past. There are parts of California that do manage their forests better than others. From my time in the woods, there has been more defensive forest management around the outskirts of Truckee, CA. They cut down dead trees and pile them in separate areas that could not have a chain burning reaction.
- dillondoyle 5y agoI wonder what the net benefit would be though. I can definitely see CA doing a better job in terms of climate. But give Alaska or many mountain West control of federal lands they likely would be leased out to polluting corps at breakneck pace. Tweaking executive controlled land policies and making Monument designations has been effective on both sides of fighting climate catastrophe...