Reducing/Eliminating Forest Fires

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Reducing/Eliminating Forest Fires

10-08-2013, 09:02 AM

Scientists call for more controlled burns in West's forests

http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-wildfire-prescribed-burns-20131004,0,4516221.story

Some of the West’s leading fire scientists are calling for the increased use of managed burns to reduce fuel levels in the region’s forests, warning that climate change is leaving them more vulnerable to large, high-severity wildfires.

Forest fires were a hot topic here recently. Here is an article proposing some controls over the problem.

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10-08-2013, 10:31 AM

Sounds like a common sense solution.
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10-08-2013, 12:22 PM

It's about time, isn't it.

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