Posted on Aug 9, 2018
Decades Of Mismanagement Turned US Forests Into ‘Slow-Motion Time Bombs’
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“Mostly fuels were removed through logging, active management — which they stopped — and grazing,” Zybach said in an interview. “You take away logging, grazing and maintenance, and you get firebombs.”
Now, Oregonians are dealing with 13 wildfires engulfing 185,000 acres. California is battling nine fires scorching more than 577,000 acres, mostly in the northern forested parts of the state managed by federal agencies.
Now, Oregonians are dealing with 13 wildfires engulfing 185,000 acres. California is battling nine fires scorching more than 577,000 acres, mostly in the northern forested parts of the state managed by federal agencies.
Decades Of Mismanagement Turned US Forests Into ‘Slow-Motion Time Bombs’
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PO3 (Join to see) I have read some about this in agriculture publications. I have discussed this with some foresters I know and they agree, most of this was preventable.
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CSM Richard StCyr
This was a topic a couple weeks ago with one of the old veterans I visit. He said that the farmers used to get together and burn off the undergrowth here in the Ozarks around Easter time and that helped prevent wild fires later in the dry season, made it so you could walk in the woods easier and killed off the Ticks. Sounded like they were doing controlled burns and his reasoning makes sense.
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CSM Richard StCyr - exactly, I was at FT Benning several years ago, they were doing a controlled burn to take care of the underbrush and prevent the wildfire problems.
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CSM Richard StCyr
LTC (Join to see) - That's where I first encountered controlled burns, when I was in the 43rd Engineers we used to get taskers to support the Ft Benning Fire Dept and DPW cutting fire breaks with the dozers, and we line guys would get Indian pumps to knock down embers and contain the fire to the range areas. Small world.
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The Forest service needs to implement a plan on elimanating a lot of the underbrush.
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