Posts by Jennifer Mamola
Environmentalists Dispute Claims that Logging Can Prevent California Wildfires
CGTN America | This is the time of year when hot dry Santa Ana winds fuel wildfires in California, but this year a radical new plan by officials to keep the flames at bay is raising alarm among environmentalists.
Read MoreA Billion-Dollar Fortune From Timber and Fire
By Chloe Sorvino
Forbes
One of the largest fires to burn in California’s Sierra Nevada mountain range, the Rim Fire tore through 257,000 acres on the edge of Yosemite National Park in 2013. Not long after firefighters doused the flames, a fleet of bulldozers and trucks arrived, sent by billionaire Archie Aldis “Red” Emmerson.
Read MoreLet Forest Fires Burn? What the Black-Backed Woodpecker Knows
By Justin Gillis
The New York Times
With long strides, Chad T. Hanson plunged into a burned-out forest, his boots kicking up powdery ash. Blackened, lifeless trees stretched toward an azure sky. Dr. Hanson, an ecologist, could not have been more delighted. “Any day out here is a happy day for me, because this is where the wildlife is,” he said with a grin.
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