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I mention this talk whenever the subject of fire in California comes up. It’s an amazing explanation of how we wound up in this situation and some reasonable w

I mention this talk whenever the subject of fire in California comes up. It’s an amazing explanation of how we wound up in this situation and some reasonable ways out. The role of the Native American’s practices being abandoned is seriously under understood.

1-more 5y ago
Mike Davis (author of Late Victorian Holocausts) had a great interview on the podcast Trueanon about California fire policy. While the fire situation is definitely exacerbated by global warming, there are tons of state level land management policies that are making the situation worse.
- nerdponx 5y ago
  I've never heard of this book before. It looks very interesting (albeit probably very depressing). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Late_Victorian_Holocausts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Late_Victorian_Holocausts https://www.theguardian.com/books/2001/feb/11/historybooks.martinbright https://www.theguardian.com/books/2001/feb/11/historybooks.m...
mistrial9 5y ago
for comparison -- below is current, public policy in California 2021 https://www.fire.ca.gov/media/ps4p2vck/californiawildfireandforestresilienceactionplan.pdf https://www.fire.ca.gov/media/ps4p2vck/californiawildfireand...
- HPsquared 5y ago
  And here's an interesting article on the subject with lots of visuals: https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/bb7fe74c1f9f4fec8910a1b39e1c42ff https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/bb7fe74c1f9f4fec8910a1b...
- cameldrv 5y ago
  They're definitely starting to pay lip service to the idea of prescribed fire, but the goal is 100,000 acres by 2025. Last year, just the August Complex fire was 1,000,000 acres.
- nradov 5y ago
  That is public policy in California's state controlled lands. Many of our largest wildfires have burned on federal land. There is some cooperation between state and federal authorities but there are significant differences in forest management policies.
  - mistrial9 5y ago
    US Dept of Agriculture is the authority over the US Forest Service; one recent statement here: https://www.usda.gov/sites/default/files/documents/climate-smart-ag-forestry-strategy-90-day-progress-report.pdf https://www.usda.gov/sites/default/files/documents/climate-s...

1-more 5y ago

Mike Davis (author of Late Victorian Holocausts) had a great interview on the podcast Trueanon about California fire policy. While the fire situation is definitely exacerbated by global warming, there are tons of state level land management policies that are making the situation worse.

nerdponx 5y ago
I've never heard of this book before. It looks very interesting (albeit probably very depressing). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Late_Victorian_Holocausts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Late_Victorian_Holocausts https://www.theguardian.com/books/2001/feb/11/historybooks.martinbright https://www.theguardian.com/books/2001/feb/11/historybooks.m...

mistrial9 5y ago

for comparison -- below is current, public policy in California 2021 https://www.fire.ca.gov/media/ps4p2vck/californiawildfireandforestresilienceactionplan.pdf https://www.fire.ca.gov/media/ps4p2vck/californiawildfireand...

HPsquared 5y ago
And here's an interesting article on the subject with lots of visuals: https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/bb7fe74c1f9f4fec8910a1b39e1c42ff https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/bb7fe74c1f9f4fec8910a1b...
cameldrv 5y ago
They're definitely starting to pay lip service to the idea of prescribed fire, but the goal is 100,000 acres by 2025. Last year, just the August Complex fire was 1,000,000 acres.
nradov 5y ago
That is public policy in California's state controlled lands. Many of our largest wildfires have burned on federal land. There is some cooperation between state and federal authorities but there are significant differences in forest management policies.
- mistrial9 5y ago
  US Dept of Agriculture is the authority over the US Forest Service; one recent statement here: https://www.usda.gov/sites/default/files/documents/climate-smart-ag-forestry-strategy-90-day-progress-report.pdf https://www.usda.gov/sites/default/files/documents/climate-s...