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The policy of aggressive suppression and few prescribed burns started around a century ago in CA, allowing fuel to build up and fires to become that much less c
by nutellatoast 5y ago
The policy of aggressive suppression and few prescribed burns started around a century ago in CA, allowing fuel to build up and fires to become that much less controllable.
Addressed in more detail here:
https://www.propublica.org/article/they-know-how-to-prevent-megafires-why-wont-anybody-listen https://www.propublica.org/article/they-know-how-to-prevent-...
- biswaroop 5y agoThanks for linking this article! I loved reading it. I'm curious to hear any counterpoints from experts to the main ideas presented here.
- taurath 5y agoThis is definitely a narrative I hear a lot, but the question is if it’s so clear why haven’t they started doing more prescribed burns?