Perspectives
A Unifying Message: First, Put Out the Fire!
The Trump and Biden presidential campaigns are now in full throat. The odds favor Mr. Biden, but they also favored
MANAGED FIRE OR MISFIRE?
The whole notion of “fighting fire with fire” has been around for a long time. It has gained considerable traction
What do you want from your forest?
Wesley Rickard, my late father-in-law, was a forestry legend. He was the old Weyerhaeuser Timber Company’s first forest economist,
THE ENLIGHTENED FOREST
The “Enlightened Forest” is based on the writings of James D. Petersen, founder and editor of Evergreen Magazine, a forestry
Wildfire 15,000 - Coronavirus 185
Pandemic: occurring over a wide geographic area and affecting an exceptionally high proportion of the population. Congress is appropriating whatever
TAMING THE FOREST SERVICE'S FIRE CULTURE
The National Interagency Fire Center, based in Boise, Idaho, predicts that 2018 will be the third godawful western wildfire season
Will wildfire and smoke kill tourism?
During the nastiest days of the spotted owl war, Oregon’s environmentalists frequently reminded their rural brethren that “tourism is
The War on The West
“Yesterday, December 7, 1941, a date which will live in infamy, the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately
California Flamethrowers and National Wildfires
California Assemblyman, Miguel Santiago, is apoplectic at the news that Elon Musk’s Boring Company pre-sold 20,000 of its
Dopey owls and dopey forestry
The new fret about pesticides killing northern spotted owls is worrisome on several fronts, but hardly news. Marijuana growers have
The Sense of a Goose
Yesterday, I went looking for an essay I wrote maybe 25 years ago titled, The Sense of a Goose. I
Lessons From Eagle Creek
It would be easy for me to say, “It’s about damned time” to all the hand-wringers and wailers in