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Thursday, August 09, 2018

DECADES OF MISMANAGEMENT TURNED US FORESTS INTO ‘SLOW-MOTION TIME BOMBS’

Wildfire experts say poor management, not global warming, is the major reason behind worsening wildfires.
Forester Bob Zybach warned decades ago that environmental regulations and less logging would make fires worse.
The Trump administration is doing more active management of lands, but is it enough?

Bob Zybach feels like a broken record. Decades ago he warned government officials allowing Oregon’s forests to grow unchecked by proper management would result in catastrophic wildfires.

While some want to blame global warming for the uptick in catastrophic wildfires, Zybach said a change in forest management policies is the main reason Americans are seeing a return to more intense fires, particularly in the Pacific Northwest and California where millions of acres of protected forests stand.

“We knew exactly what would happen if we just walked away,” Zybach, an experienced forester with a PhD in environmental science, told The Daily Caller News Foundation.

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3 comments:

Anonymous said...

ALL the blame goes to the EPA, the DEMS and the complicit MSM...

Anonymous said...

For those who think that cutting trees for forest management is a crime, here you go.

Anonymous said...

The nano-particulate aluminum fallout is an incindiary substance and is responsible for these extreme fires. The forests are very dry because of the success of the weather modification efforts (solar radiation management).