California wildfires

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California wildfires in recent decades (1990-2020) are apparently worse than ever, and have been blamed variously on global warming and on illogical environmental policies. "Drought, disease, and insects have left 100 million dead trees browning across California, and in some places, 90 percent of the trees have died. All this dry wood can stoke small blazes into uncontrollable infernos that ravage towns and choke the region with smoke."[1] President Trump 'blamed the wildfires on "years" of poor forest management in California'[2]

Forbes Magazine reported:
  • California’s deadliest year of wildfires has been decades in the making, with overlapping environmental rules, both state and federal, making fuel load reductions in forests and coastal chaparral nearly impossible ...[3]
CNBC reported:


Here's one solution:

  • "This issue could be solved by what are known as prescribed fires, or controlled burns. ... Burning supplemented by thinning generally is seen as the most effective combination in preventing severe wildfires"[4]

See Also

References

  1. Grist, Sep 19, 2019
  2. Trump hits California officials over wildfires: 'You've got to clean your floors'
  3. [1]
  4. blog at University of Massachusetts