The State Of Our Forests
The Heat is On!
Wildfire season is upon us - the “us” being the Southeast and the entire West. The heat is on -
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STEWARDSHIP IS NOT A PART-TIME JOB
The west is burning again - still. The air in most of Washington, Oregon, California, Idaho, Montana, Colorado, and South
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NATURE DOESN'T GIVE A DAMN WHAT YOU WANT
In case you hadn’t noticed, it’s wildfire season across the West. Again. Even the Wall Street Journal has
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A Sea Change In How Federal Judges View Collaborative Forest Restoration Projects
A sea change in how federal judges view collaborative forest restoration projects is underway. It is plainly visible in rulings
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The Sundance Fire Remembered
Northern Idaho’s 1967 Sundance Fire will be remembered in four solemn ceremonies later this month, including one honoring the
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PAUL HESSBURG: WASHINGTON'S FORESTS - EAST OF THE CASCADES...FIGHTING FIRE WITH FIRE
"Over the last 100 years, we have seen a literal epidemic of young trees filling in our forests. When
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Rodney Smoldon: The Challenge Of Wildfires In Eastern WA
Evergreen: Let’s talk about the A to Z project for a moment. The litigators who refuse to collaborate were
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A Taxpayer's Guide To Wildfires: Executive Summary
Wildfire suppression costs are soaring to over one billion tax dollars per year. This is causing a fiscal crisis in
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A Taxpayer's Guide To Wildfires: Part 3
INSTITUTIONAL COST FACTORS: PERVERSE INCENTIVES, PRIVATE CONTRACTORS, AND COST-SHARE AGREEMENTS Congressional Blank Check for Suppression Several critics have focused on
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A Taxpayer's Guide To Wildfires: Part 2
SOCIOENVIRONMENTAL COST FACTORS: FUELS, HOMES, AND CLIMATE CHANGE Fuels Accumulation Coinciding with the rise of wildfire activity in the late
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A Taxpayer's Guide To Wildfires: Part 1
INTRODUCTION: BIG FIRES=BIGGER COSTS In 1908 a Congressional legislative rider created the Forest Fires Emergency Act that gave the
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A Taxpayer's Guide To Wildfires: Part 5
LESSONS LEARNED, LOOKING TO THE FUTURE, SUMMARY Wildfire activity has increased in the U.S. over the last 20 years,
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A Taxpayer's Guide To Wildfires: Conclusion
CONTROLLING SUPPRESSION COSTS As this paper has demonstrated, there are a number of socioenvironmental, institutional, and operational factors that are