Re: How do you all like that campfire smell in CA/OR?
Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2020 10:14 pm
@Rigger
I understand what you're saying. As a small government advocate, I'm in total agreement that bureaucracy, that's divorced from the negative impacts of its decisions, makes bad choices. I completely understand the chasm between finding a solution and implementing it is huge. However there are solutions that are working and they are working at scale. It's up to the states getting barbecued to do something about it. If they don't then they will suffer the consequences of those poor decisions and inaction.
But there is hope: https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/08/23/ ... f-forests/
California has been increasing its efforts. Last week, in a little-noticed milestone, state officials signed a major agreement with the federal government that aims to reshape how forests are managed for years to come.
Under the plan, California agencies and the U.S. Forest Service will use brush clearing, logging and prescribed fires to thin out 1 million acres a year by 2025 — an area larger than Yosemite National Park every 12 months, and roughly double the current rate of thinning, which already is double rates from a few years ago.
The Forest Service and the state Natural Resources Agency also committed to drawing up a 20-year plan by next year to identify which areas of the state will get priority for thinning projects. They will update it every five years and share it with the public.
I understand what you're saying. As a small government advocate, I'm in total agreement that bureaucracy, that's divorced from the negative impacts of its decisions, makes bad choices. I completely understand the chasm between finding a solution and implementing it is huge. However there are solutions that are working and they are working at scale. It's up to the states getting barbecued to do something about it. If they don't then they will suffer the consequences of those poor decisions and inaction.
But there is hope: https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/08/23/ ... f-forests/
California has been increasing its efforts. Last week, in a little-noticed milestone, state officials signed a major agreement with the federal government that aims to reshape how forests are managed for years to come.
Under the plan, California agencies and the U.S. Forest Service will use brush clearing, logging and prescribed fires to thin out 1 million acres a year by 2025 — an area larger than Yosemite National Park every 12 months, and roughly double the current rate of thinning, which already is double rates from a few years ago.
The Forest Service and the state Natural Resources Agency also committed to drawing up a 20-year plan by next year to identify which areas of the state will get priority for thinning projects. They will update it every five years and share it with the public.