by FSEEE | Dec 14, 2017 | Fire Truth
What happens if forest fire ignitions are not suppressed? It’s a tough experiment to perform, but some old Forest Service data may help provide an answer. In 1923, the Forest Service published an analysis of fires in 12 California national forests (excepting southern...
by FSEEE | Oct 30, 2017 | Fire Truth
A pitched battle is underway over how to interpret this summer’s wildfires on federal lands, which wafted thick layers of smoke into urbanized areas around the West. How that battle ends will have serious implications for how our public lands are managed in the years...
by FSEEE | Oct 20, 2017 | Fire Truth
This has been a notable year for wildfires, with smoke clogging urban areas of the West and the federal government spending well over $2 billion trying to stop the flames. Homes—and lives—have been lost. As the fires burned, a narrative galvanized: Decades of fire...
by FSEEE | Oct 10, 2017 | Fire Truth
On September 26, federal firefighting managers boarded a helicopter and embarked on a flyover of the Chetco Bar Fire in southwestern Oregon, which at one point this summer was considered the top-priority wildfire in the nation. The fire, which burned nearly 200,000...
