{"id":40675,"date":"2018-11-18T13:45:40","date_gmt":"2018-11-18T18:45:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=40675"},"modified":"2018-11-18T13:45:40","modified_gmt":"2018-11-18T18:45:40","slug":"who-or-what-is-really-responsible-for-the-huge-forest-fires-in-california","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=40675","title":{"rendered":"Who or What Is Really Responsible for the Huge Forest Fires in California?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Who or What Is Really Responsible for the Huge Forest Fires in California?<\/a><\/h3>\n
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Once again, faced with the failure of the \u201cpress\u201d to educate us on an issue, we decided to go out and research the truth about what appears to be the significant increase in huge forest fires. \u00a0Once we did the research, we found out major differences in facts from the random barkings in the MSM.<\/p>\n

Let us start with this simple aspect. \u00a0Forest fires are a normal thing. \u00a0Often caused by lightning or other natural causes, they are God\u2019s way of clearing forests. \u00a0In those natural forest clearances, the wildlife that exists in them are threatened or their habitat is destroyed. \u00a0What has changed is mankind\u2019s intervention in the natural process. \u00a0The question is, what other factors may be causing the change in the intensity of recent forest fires?<\/p>\n

We also came armed with a thought. \u00a0If you believe that global warming is making life more challenging for forest management, then you should support proper forest clearance. Otherwise we will be left with even more intense fires.<\/p>\n

For this column, other than reading everything available, we went to two sources: our national Forest Service and the Union of Concerned Scientists to get different perspectives.<\/p>\n

Speaking with Chris French, the Acting Deputy Chief of Forest Service (FS), we received a primer on what is really going on with forest fires today.<\/p>\n

When asked what he believes is the primary cause of the intense forest fires, Mr. French\u2019s immediate response was \u201cForests are overstocked. \u00a0There are more trees than 100 years ago.\u201d \u00a0He went on to say that part of the problem was the Forest Service\u2019s good work in the recent past stopping forest fires. This meant, however, that their focus was largely directed away from forest maintenance, which caused the elements that fuel a fire like underbrush, dead trees or more density to occur.<\/p>\n

The changes French would like to see would be more active forest clearance and clearance of the underbrush. \u00a0 He also wants to do more controlled fires when the risks are minimized. \u00a0If you are wondering why they are not doing that now it is because of budget restraints.<\/p>\n

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