Author: rpalma
Source: Montana Standard – DAVE ATKINS and 11 co-signers Forest Fuel.Reduction Over the years, occasional guest columns have argued incorrectly that fuel treatments in our forests don’t affect wildfires. George Wuerthner’s column of Wednesday, Aug. 2, is among the most recent and misleading. We the undersigned are compelled to provide a more thorough and nuanced […]
Source: Capital Press For many Western city dwellers, wildfires just got personal. For those who had not witnessed the blast-furnace heat and the eye-stinging smoke of a wildfire along with the mass destruction of timber, homes, businesses and wildlife, last week was a learning experience. Nearly every corner of the West was on fire. From […]
Source: Treesource by Sherry Devlin Are the 2017 wildfire season and its long, miserable, smoke-choked days the new normal? University of Montana journalism professor Joe Eaton recently sat down with UM fire ecology professor Philip Higuera to explore the reasons why the West is burning up this summer. The resulting Q&A, published Sept. 11 by City […]
Source: americanforests.org By Melanie Friedel, American Forests Do you know where your water comes from? Well, you’re about to. There is a long process every drop of water endures before it reaches our faucets, and we can thank forests for much of that process. Trees work as water filtration systems, intercepting, absorbing and purifying the […]
Source: Petapixel by Joel Wolfson I was committed to burning my property. I know this sounds a bit crazy but we’re talking about a prescribed burn. My wife researched programs in our area for homeowners to reduce fire hazards. In our area, the firefighters are cross-trained for both wildland and structure fires so they are perfectly […]