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Environment
fromHigh Country News
3 days ago

Fix Our Forests Act divides environmental community - High Country News

The Fix Our Forests Act will direct federal thinning, prescribed burning, and cross-jurisdictional forest management across nearly 200 million acres to reduce catastrophic wildfires.
Environment
fromSFGATE
3 weeks ago

Forest Service lags on burns after Calif. loses old-growth trees to wildfire

160 years of accumulated fuels enabled the Garnet Fire to burn so intensely that it killed the majority of trees, including some 600-year-old specimens.
fromHigh Country News
1 month ago

Shutdown causes 'confusion' across the Forest Service - High Country News

Prescribed burns are an important tool to burn excess vegetation, keep landscapes healthy and reduce the risk of destructive wildfires. But starting last week, some Forest Service staff were told not to conduct burns in preparation for a potential shutdown. "We were told, 'No ignitions,'" said a Forest Service fire management officer, who didn't want to be named for fear of losing his job. "'Don't even start.'"
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