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profdant139
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Sep 04, 2019

Seeking expert opinion: thinning vs prescribed burns

Almost all of us on this forum are avid users of the national forests. Some of us favor extensive logging. Some of us don't want the forest altered in any way. I understand both of those positions....
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steelhunter
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Sep 05, 2019
profdant139 wrote:
I figured there had to be more to it than a simple choice. What are some of the factors?

The reason I ask is that Cal Fire and the national forests and the national parks do not see eye to eye on the choice between thinning and prescribed burns.


Ahh yes. Two government agencies at odds over how best to manage.
It may be that the differing views have a political root.

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