silence7@slrpnk.net to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 months agoThe MAGA plan to stop forest fires: Remove the forest | Project 2025 plans to increase commercial logging to fight wildfires. Ecologists and fire experts say this will make fires worse.heated.worldexternal-linkmessage-square33fedilinkarrow-up1389arrow-down12
arrow-up1387arrow-down1external-linkThe MAGA plan to stop forest fires: Remove the forest | Project 2025 plans to increase commercial logging to fight wildfires. Ecologists and fire experts say this will make fires worse.heated.worldsilence7@slrpnk.net to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 months agomessage-square33fedilink
minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up17·edit-22 months agoA combination of thinning and prescribed burns definitely does better at reducing fire intensity It doesn’t look like a commercial clear-cut operation though.
minus-squareSemi-Hemi-Lemmygod@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 months agoPrior to 1492 natives kept the forest healthy through both those methods. When Europeans arrived they reported being able to ride through the forest at a full gallop which would be impossible because of the undergrowth today.
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoRelevant PBS Origins video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXJ4Ldy-hLQ
A combination of thinning and prescribed burns definitely does better at reducing fire intensity
It doesn’t look like a commercial clear-cut operation though.
Prior to 1492 natives kept the forest healthy through both those methods. When Europeans arrived they reported being able to ride through the forest at a full gallop which would be impossible because of the undergrowth today.
Relevant PBS Origins video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXJ4Ldy-hLQ