by Andy Stahl | May 20, 2023 | Fire Truth, Sound Off
With “water, water, everywhere,” the Forest Service still cannot rid itself of the fire retardant albatross around its neck. Ten years ago, in a study commissioned by the Forest Service, the Rand Corporation published Air Attack Against Wildfires: Understanding U.S....
by Joe Stone | Feb 26, 2023 | Fire Truth, In Depth
Giant sequoias are the most massive trees on Earth. They are also among the oldest, with the age of some trees exceeding 3,000 years. The trees grow in about 70-80 groves that cover less than 30,000 acres on the western slopes of California’s Sierra Nevada. In this...
by FSEEE | Feb 20, 2023 | Dispatch, Fire Truth
A recently published report concludes that restoring headwaters streams and wetlands enhances wildfire and drought resilience. The report, authored by Jackie Corday and published by American Rivers, reviews and synthesizes published and ongoing research on low-tech...
by Andy Stahl | Feb 18, 2023 | Fire Truth, Sound Off
Half a century of logging high-value timber on public lands created an industry of federally dependent sawmills throughout the Western states. Concurrently, the Forest Service did its darnedest to stamp out forest fires. That was pretty easy during the mid-20th...
by Joe Stone | Dec 12, 2022 | Fire Truth, In Depth
On the night of October 8, 1871, in Peshtigo, Wisconsin, “all hell rode into town on the back of a wind.” In two hours, the Peshtigo Fire decimated a swath of forest 10 miles wide by 40 miles long and obliterated the towns of Peshtigo and Brussels in northeastern...
