The forests aren’t healthy… And some could indeed use proper thinning out. They’ve been stopped from burning naturally and remain uncut causing many tiny scrawny trees rather than large healthy forests. This makes wildfires that get out of hand that much more intense. The forests are full of perfect fire fuel. So proper thinning would be excellent in fact.
Obviously that’s not what trump is gonna do tho. No need to thin if you just clear cut.
Yeah, you need to cut or burn the new growth; it’s those old, huge trees that people want to cut down that survive the fires and re-seed the forest afterward.
Ya exactly… I only point out that the emergency order cites Forest health which is laughable. It is important but this order does shit to address it of course. Just one more thing they can point to and pretend to be doing something good. No one wants the twiggy brushy lumber that needs to be cleared away after decades of mismanagement.
The forests aren’t healthy… And some could indeed use proper thinning out. They’ve been stopped from burning naturally and remain uncut causing many tiny scrawny trees rather than large healthy forests. This makes wildfires that get out of hand that much more intense. The forests are full of perfect fire fuel. So proper thinning would be excellent in fact.
Obviously that’s not what trump is gonna do tho. No need to thin if you just clear cut.
Yeah cuss my money is on that the admin will also just straight cut though, not preserving new growth
Yeah, you need to cut or burn the new growth; it’s those old, huge trees that people want to cut down that survive the fires and re-seed the forest afterward.
Ya exactly… I only point out that the emergency order cites Forest health which is laughable. It is important but this order does shit to address it of course. Just one more thing they can point to and pretend to be doing something good. No one wants the twiggy brushy lumber that needs to be cleared away after decades of mismanagement.