Are Fires Natural?
This page is a collection of links about fire, a very complex and nuanced subject.
from the Deer Creek Association, Selma, Oregon
An excellent website titled “Stop Thinning Forests” at: http://stopthinningforests.org/fire-prevention.html Listen to this excellent audio: http://www.energyjustice.net/files/biomass/mp3/April_2015.mp3 : Jon Rhodes, watershed hydrologist for Planeto Azul Hydrology, with more than thirty years of professional experience evaluating the impacts of logging and road building on forest ecosystems and watersheds, talks about the impacts of "fuels reduction" on forest soils. Click on: Study: Logging Forests Won't Increase Water Supply ... new study, conducted by veteran hydrologists Jonathan Rhodes and Christopher Frissell , concludes that any increases to water supply from logging would be localized and short-term, and that California would pay the price in water quality, forest biodiversity, and public safety. Excellent video interview with Chad Hanson, Director and Principal Ecologist of the John Muir Project of Earth Island Institute: http://johnmuirproject.org/2015/11/chad-hanson-interview-with-brad-pomerance/ |
Of course, the latest wildfires, especially the long-burning ones in Australia, call for more analysis.
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