Originally Posted By: Pete
"I’d say a few controlled burns are in order"

its essential.
i dont know how political it is. its the one strategy that might save California at this time. best done in winter. i hope they go ahead with it.

thanks for the comment.


Controlled burns are currently in use in California and elsewhere, and have been in the forest manager's toolbox for several decades, but controlled burns must be used with great care, when weather and fuel moisture conditions are right. Even then, there can be problems. The last fire on which I worked was an escaped controlled burn on Santa Cruz Island.

there are adverse results from any burn (smoke, charred landscape, etc.) so some people become understandably grumpy.

Even when controlled burns are in use, it takes some time for the results of the policy to become evident.
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