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>It has a lot do when you discuss California’s land use policy, which does not apply to nearly half of California, including an even larger share of the land to
by scythe 3y ago
>It has a lot do when you discuss California’s land use policy, which does not apply to nearly half of California, including an even larger share of the land to which controlled burns might sensibly apply, which are largely national parks or national forests.
Many of the controlled burns in Florida take place in Everglades National Park, which includes the largest federally protected wilderness in the Eastern US. I don't see how this objection changes anything. Is the federal government preventing controlled burns? Since when has that ever been a policy?
- taeric 3y agoI think this is a very interesting question, and I'd love to see a concise explanation. To directly answer "is the federal government preventing controlled burns?" They will definitely prevent controlled burns during the dry season. More, they have to fund doing the burns. Story I saw linked earlier was https://www.npr.org/2021/08/09/1026137249/with-extreme-fires-burning-forest-service-stops-good-fires-too https://www.npr.org/2021/08/09/1026137249/with-extreme-fires.... https://www.fs.usda.gov/managing-land/prescribed-fire https://www.fs.usda.gov/managing-land/prescribed-fire is about as far as I got on my quick dive looking for details on how to run a controlled burn. I don't see an obvious link for seasons that they run these burns. This story, ultimately, is about finding a way to insure private run large scale burns. The state built up an accredited set of associates, now they are leveraging them to try and make an insurance market for limiting liability. (At least, that is my read of the situation. There is definitely a ton of talking past each other in this topic.)