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The national park service does controlled burns in Yosemite and has for a couple decades at this point. You can argue they don't do enough but they're limited b
by AlotOfReading 2y ago
The national park service does controlled burns in Yosemite and has for a couple decades at this point. You can argue they don't do enough but they're limited by bureaucracy, safe conditions, and manpower rather than willingness.
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- ryao 2y agoNational parks are a small percentage of California’s land area. Does the state do controlled burns outside of the national parks? If not, national parks doing controlled burns do not do very much.
- AlotOfReading 2y agoYes they do. It's a completely different set of government agencies with different policies though.
- ryao 2y agoNewsweek suggests that they do not do enough of it: https://www.newsweek.com/controlled-burns-california-forest-management-los-angeles-fires-2012492 https://www.newsweek.com/controlled-burns-california-forest-... That article focuses on the federal side, but this article by Ars Technica appears to include the state side: https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/01/why-isnt-california-using-more-prescribed-burns-to-reduce-fire-risk/ https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/01/why-isnt-california-...