kevinashworth on Nostr: A side effect of monitoring local fires here in L.A. is seeing on the Watch Duty map ...
A side effect of monitoring local fires here in L.A. is seeing on the Watch Duty map many prescribed fires around the West.
Studies confirm that this strategy helps. The Forest Service has made changes around Rx fires, new approaches launched in 2022, should be helpful over time.
Hopefully the incoming incompetents won't roll back these changes, but who knows with the orange clown closet.
https://news.berkeley.edu/2023/12/12/twenty-year-study-confirms-california-forests-are-healthier-when-burned-or-thinned/
https://www.fs.usda.gov/managing-land/wildfire-crisis
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Studies confirm that this strategy helps. The Forest Service has made changes around Rx fires, new approaches launched in 2022, should be helpful over time.
Hopefully the incoming incompetents won't roll back these changes, but who knows with the orange clown closet.
https://news.berkeley.edu/2023/12/12/twenty-year-study-confirms-california-forests-are-healthier-when-burned-or-thinned/
https://www.fs.usda.gov/managing-land/wildfire-crisis
cc armstrys (nprofile…jsnr)