Beyond Burnout: Charting a Path to Regenesis [Phase 1]
Two years ago, I wrote an essay for our website titled, God Almighty, This is Hard to Watch.” I described
A CALL TO ACTION - A National Crisis: Lack of Forest Management Resulting in Destructive Wildfires [and Global Degradation] Michael T. Rains
"This Call to Action is designed to reduce the impacts of large, intense wildfires on people’s lives, their communities, and lands along a rural to urban gradient resulting from lack of management of America’s forests. The results of this Call to Action will have positive global impacts, as well. The goal is to advance this Call to Action to key decision-makers [i.e., the President of the United States; Members of Congress; USDA Secretary; DOI Secretary; and other leaders] – as a Petition in order to secure support, advancement and finally, deployment."
Read more: A CALL TO ACTION and SUMMARY
Our petition, Michael Rains' Backgrounder, and links to the five supporting letters and reports signed by NAFSR chairman, Jim Caswell - appear below. Mr. Caswell spent 33 years in various capacities with the Forest Service, the Bureau of Land Management and the Bonneville Power Administration. The reports are addressed to Sonny Perdue, Secretary of Agriculture, to whom the Forest Service reports.
These reports are best read in the following order:
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