High-severity blazes are critical to healthy forest ecosystems. Photo George Wuerthner I read yet another study circulated by UC Davis and doggedly promoted by the national media, encouraging more […]
Black Ram Vegetation Management-Another Example of Chainsaw Medicine
Clearcuts below Grizzly Creek in the Upper Yaak Drainage. Photo George Wuerthner The Kootenai National Forest proposes a massive logging project in Northwest Montana known as the Black Ram “Vegetation” […]
Good Fire Bad Fire Dualism
The Bridger Canyon Fire by Bozeman burned during a period of high winds and extreme drought. The resulting snag forest is considered by some to be an example of a […]
Response to Governor Gianforte On Forest Management and Wildfire
Previously logged Plum Creek Timber Company lands which didn’t stop 36,ooo acre plus Jocko Lakes Fires. Photo George Wuerthner Recently Governor Greg Gianforte praised forest management for limiting the […]
A Bigger Hammer Won’t Stop Large Wildfires
Fire killed trees store carbon for decades. Photo George Wuerthner In an Aug. 29 letter to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, lawmakers — mostly from California […]
Hermit Peak Blaze Review
The Sangre De Cristo Mountains of New Mexico where the Hermit Peak Fire occurred. Photo George Wuerthner The Forest Service released a review of the Hermit Peak Fire, which began […]
Holiday Farm Fire And Industrial Logging
Clearcuts along the McKenzie River corridor east of Eugene, Oregon did little to slow the Holiday Farm Fire. Photo George Wuerthner The Holiday Farm Fire began on September 7, 2020. […]
Hermit Peak Blaze, New Mexico’s Largest Wildfire, Goes Out With A Whimper
Fuel reductions are a major part of the Forest Service’s wildfire reduction plan. Photo George Wuerthner Recently the Federal government released its Confronting Wildfire Crisis plan to control wildfires in […]