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The fires happened because of the disastrous mismanagement of California's "Wildfire Prevention" efforts. By cutting back significantly on prescribed burns for
by purpleblue 4y ago
The fires happened because of the disastrous mismanagement of California's "Wildfire Prevention" efforts. By cutting back significantly on prescribed burns for decades because of perceived emissions, all the growth in the forests has created the perfect conditions for extended and humongous wildfires that we have seen in the past several years.
- kotlin2 4y agoNot related to emissions policy, however.
- rnk 4y agoMost of the fires were on national forest land, therefore not managed by California. The US govt's forestry management has been mismanaged of course. Blame the right people. US govt federal management is the issue.
- landemva 4y agoWould be a good discussion if the Feds should sell say 1/2 of the federal owned western lands so States can manage it.
- mistrial9 4y ago... add the tree deaths in the Western Sierra .. Study : The fire frequency-severity relationship and the legacy of fire suppression in California forests. Steel, Z. L., H. D. Safford, and J. H. Viers. 2015. Ecosphere 6(1):8. dx.doi.org/10.1890/ES14-00224.1 Nature Scientific Reports published a study called "Spatial and temporal pattern of wildfires in California from 2000 to 2019" with code and data IIR doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-88131-9
- solardev 4y agoCite that prescribed burns were cut back because of emissions?
- mint2 4y ago>” By cutting back significantly on prescribed burns for decades because of perceived emissions, …” The 10 am rule was not related to CO2 emissions… please don’t comment vehemently when unfamiliar with a topic.