Posts by Jennifer Mamola
After More Than 100 Years, Gray Wolves Reappear in Giant Sequoia National Monument
By Louis Sahagún
Los Angeles Times
On the morning of July 6, Michelle Harris saw a huge canid with yellow eyes dash across a fire road lined with charred snags and giant sequoias blackened by recent wildfires. The animal “paused, started to pace and made clipped barking sounds — like it was very worried about something,” recalled Harris, a biologist who was working on a restoration project in the area.
Read MoreEnvironmental Groups Sue US Forest Service Over Plans to Thin 13,000 Acres of Forest Near Big Bear
ABC7 News | “The problem is that the approach the Forest Service is taking,” said Chad Hanson with the John Muir Project. “Using big machines to cut down tens of thousands of trees out in the remote wildlands, as opposed to focusing on the homes themselves and the zone immediately around the homes. That makes all the difference in terms of whether home survive or not.”
Read MoreWildfire Expert Speaks on U.S. Conditions
LiveNOW Fox | Wildfires continue to burn in Canada, leading to smoky conditions across the U.S. Dr. Chad Hanson joined LiveNOW from FOX’s Josh Breslow to discuss how the fires ignited and why the effects are being felt in America.
Read MoreComments on USFWS’s Proposal to List the California Spotted Owl Under the ESA
Baker et al. (2023) Study
Logging for Fire Mitigation Stokes Anger Among Residents
By John Aguilar
The Denver Post
Hundreds of freshly cut ponderosa logs lay stacked in rows in Elk Meadow Park, some measuring several feet in diameter — and more than a century old. Not far away, wood chips and slash litter a clearing where trees once stood.
Read MoreScientist: Trees Felled in Vain in Name of Fire Control
By Dana Gentry
Nevada Current
An alliance between governments and the commercial logging industry under the guise of fire management is decimating forests, wreaking ecological havoc, and exacerbating risks for people and property, according to scientists at odds with what they call archaic methods that are futile in controlling fires.
Read MoreOne Planet: What Should Be Done to Restore California’s Forests & Reduce Wildfire Risks?
KALW: Bay Area Public Media | On this edition of Your Call’s One Planet Series, forest fires in California are discussed. Climate change has led to an increase in wildfire season length, wildfire frequency, and burned areas.
Read MoreBillions in Feds’ Spending on Megafire Risks Seen as Misdirected
By Bobby Magill
Bloomberg Law
Congress is spending billions to save communities from Western megafires by thinning large swaths of forests even as scientists say climate change-driven drought and heat are too extreme for it to work.
Read MoreWildfire Burns Out of Control Near Yosemite | NewsNation Prime
NewsNation | Chad Hanson from the John Muir Project joins the show to discuss the growing frequency and intensity of wildfires across the country.
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