Love having this arguments with tree huggers. They think that ANY thinning or touching of the natural order of forests is bad. Meanwhile, this.
Good job Forbes .... now we’ll hear every reason why that’s not true from Global Warming (oops, climate change) to gender neutrality problems in the forest caused by evil Republicans.
Might even get a new politically correct definition of what Fire really is.
saw the exact same thing in south dakota, near mount rushmore when family visited several years ago.
-whole mountains and fields of dead and dying trees, caused by a beetle infestation. the close proximity of the trees, made the infestation by the beetle so easy, and it was pretty much unstoppable. local bookstore showed pictures of what the area looked in 1800’s, and it was sparesely covered by trees, just pockets of them. easy to see why fire, and disease could be limited.
not any more. Thanks Liberals!
Trees, the renewable resource. Use ‘em or loose ‘em.
“...the Sacramento Bee editorial board blamed the Carr Fire foursquare on a man-caused buildup of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere....”
So, CO2 is combustible. I learn something new from the Libs every day.
A friend told me a forest ranger said they know the best way to take care of the trees, but ignorant California laws prevent them from doing it.
1) diseased and dead wood need to be removed and 2) tree killing beetle has to be eliminated.
The removal of diseased or dead wood is perhaps the most important step in keeping forests healthy. Diseased trees compete with healthy trees for water, and during a drought this is a huge problem. Diseased and dead trees provide an environment for various insects and bacteria. They take away light so that new seedlings cannot grow, etc. When done properly, limited controlled burns and physical removal of trees are done in an ongoing fashion. A law passed by California has made it illegal in California to remove any trees or any dead or diseased wood from the forests.
The only way to get rid of the tree killing beetle is to spray the forests with the correct pesticide, but it’s against the law to use pesticide on forests in California.
bkmk
Good article, and exactly what those of us who grew up in logging country have been saying for years.
Fire happen. Been happening before man step foot into the forest.