Re:California will begin backing intentional burns to contro...
by GeekyBear on Friday June 23, 2023 @04:50PM
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> I'm shocked this isn't being done already.
Unfortunately, we didn't just stop prescribed burns, we stopped natural burns as well.
> In 1935, the Forest Service established the so-called 10 a.m. policy, which decreed that every fire should be suppressed by 10 a.m. the day following its initial report. Other federal land management agencies quickly followed suit and joined the campaign to eliminate fire from the landscape.
Unfortunately, we didn't just stop prescribed burns, we stopped natural burns as well.
> In 1935, the Forest Service established the so-called 10 a.m. policy, which decreed that every fire should be suppressed by 10 a.m. the day following its initial report. Other federal land management agencies quickly followed suit and joined the campaign to eliminate fire from the landscape.
https://foresthistory.org/research-explore/us-forest-service...
So we have forests laden with nearly a hundred years worth of unburned fuel.