We have been deluged by responses to Barry Wynsma's thoughtful essay on Forest Service leadership - or the lack thereof. Provided here is some feedback on the essay.
Tagged wildfires
Magazine:
The immediate causes of the Southwest's wildfires vary: lightning strikes, careless campers and arson. But there are underlying factors- reasons why these fires are so large and so much more ferocious than any for which evidence exists in natural history-that add up to real problems for communities, firefighters and the nation.
Next to a nuclear explosion, there is no more lethal killing force on earth than a big forest fire. The most violent are called "blowups" because they are capable of exploding.
Since its inception in the aftermath of the Great 1910 Fire, the nation's forest fire-fighting policy has been closely tied to a conservation ethic of near biblical proportion: waste not, want not.
News and announcements:
Western Forestry Leadership Coalition Invasive Plant Strategy Report The Silent Wildfire
During the 2007 session of the Idaho Legislature two concurrent resolutions (HCR 26, HCR 27) authorized the creation of interim committees to address two forestry issues.
Severe wildfires in 2000 testify to the hazardous forest conditions over large areas of New Mexico.
A Report on 2006 Wildland Fires by the Independent Large Wildfire Cost Panel Chartered by the U. S. Secretary of Agriculture
Since the passage of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act (HFRA) in 2003, communities have been charged with becoming active partners in their own protection from wildfire.
Important Progress Has Been Made, but Challenges Remain to Completing a Cohesive Strategy
Potential hazard reduction and economic effects of a strategic treatment program
human need to use natural resources is fundamental to our continued presence on earth."