Wildfire

MICHAEL T. RAINS' LETTER TO PRESIDENT TRUMP
“THE ‘FIRE FIX’ DOES NOTHING TO BACKFILL THE HUGE GAP THAT HAS BEEN CREATED IN LOST NON-FIRE AND FOREST MANAGEMENT

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

How many cigarettes in a burning tree?
A cigarette is what, three inches long? A burning tree is anywhere from 100 to 250 feet tall How many

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

Slouching toward Hell
The do’s and don’ts of the regulatory hell-hole Congress has created for the Forest Service are on display

The Pack-a-Day Club: The Smoky Sequel
I never cease to be amazed by the stuff that comes over the transom here at Evergreen. Just when I

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

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

The Sundance Fire Remembered
Northern Idaho’s 1967 Sundance Fire will be remembered in four solemn ceremonies later this month, including one honoring the