First of a five-part series. The history of fire in the American Southwest is buried in a catacomb of rooms under the bleachers of the football stadium at the University of Arizona. Continue reading
Tag Archives: fire management
Forest Service now tries to tamp out every flame
If lightning strikes in the New Mexico wilderness and starts a fire, the blaze would normally be little more than a blip on the radar of land managers who have earned a reputation for letting flames burn to keep forested lands from growing into a tangled mess. Continue reading
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Tagged climate hysteria, fire management, forestry, weather superstition
Climate and Fire
According to model-based predictions, larger and more intense wildfires will increase as a result of CO2-induced global warming; Continue reading
Paul Driessen: Western wildfires – horrific, devastating … and unnecessary
New fire-fighting technology could help put them out. Why isn’t it being used? Continue reading
That’d be right – logging needed to protect… Northern Spotted Owl
Oh, this is rich. After using the damned owl to decimate logging and virtually kill the industry it turns out “logging, thinning, or other fuel reduction activities in areas with high fire risk would be more than offset by improved forest health and fire-resistance characteristics, the scientists said, which allow more spotted owl habitat to survive in later decades“. Continue reading
Amazing USDA Forest Service discovery! Burning trees release carbon dioxide!
Washington’s forests will lose stored carbon as area burned by wildfire increases Continue reading
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Tagged climate hysteria, co2 emissions, fire management, forestry, PlayStation® climatology
The worst wildfire season in decades is causing significant environmental damage
To an Australian America appears a very strange place. Down-Under fires are necessary to open seed casings and permit germination of various endemic plants. Fires are a natural mechanism of regeneration and renewal and they release various nutrients back to the biosphere. We don’t call it “damage” so much as “natural and necessary”. America’s “super fires” appear to be a product of unnatural absence of periodic fires and lack of anthropogenic activity reducing fuel loads. Continue reading
Tom Nelson: An extremely inconvenient graph
When climate hoax promoters try to convince you that today’s Southwest forest fires are “the worst ever”, show them this Continue reading
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Tagged climate hysteria, fire management, forestry, weather superstition
Bryan Walsh: Climate Change Plays a Role in Wildfires—But Not the Only One
Can’t say I was expecting that – Walsh actually looks (slightly) beyond ridiculous global warming claims Continue reading
As Furniture Burns Quicker, Firefighters Reconsider Tactics
One of the first tasks for firefighters arriving at a blazing home has long been to ventilate the structure — make holes in it — so that hot gases and smoke can escape. It has been this way for generations: a so-called roof man from a ladder company opens a hatch or saws through the ceiling, while other firefighters break windows as they search inside, often before the first drop of water has hit the fire. Continue reading
Colorado’s table was set for monster fire – “climate change”, of course
Snow hardly fell during winter in snowy Colorado. On top of that, the state’s soaking spring rains did not come. So it was no wonder that normally emerald landscapes were parched as summer approached, tan as a pair of worn khakis. All the earth needed was a spark. Continue reading
Western fires: Payback time?
The American West’s fire season has raced off to yet another ferocious start. But researchers suggest that the increasingly hotter, drier region is just beginning to pay off a “fire deficit.” Continue reading
Utah shooters spark 20 wildfires — and a gun rights controversy
Twenty. That’s the number of wildfires officials believe recreational shooters have caused so far this summer in Utah. One of those wildfires — the Dump fire 40 miles south of Salt Lake City — prompted 2,300 evacuation notices and has led to a 6,023-acre blaze. Continue reading
Report: Wildfire risks around the world likely to change dramatically
Previous studies produced projections of changing fire risks for individual regions. A new study attempts to gauge future changes to wildfire patterns globally as the climate warms. Continue reading
Wildfire: Red slurry’s toxic dark side
With retardant’s potential threat to wildlife and water, authorities ponder limiting its use Continue reading
Forest Service: Wildfires intensify need for forest management
Service chief Tom Tidwell says forests need to be returned to a more natural state to prevent so-called “super fires.” Continue reading
Cascading species shift looms in fire-starved Eastern woods
“A century ago, the Ozarks sparkled with sun. Periodic low-grade fires ripped through prairie grasses that waved between sparse oak and pine trees. Accustomed to fire — dependent on it, even — these trees’ seeds survived to replace their ancestors, a pattern, and ecosystem, that lasted for thousands of years.“
Not too sure but it sounds like they are maintaining a system of human interference that keeps the forest in an unnatural state… Continue reading
Ancient tree-ring records from southwest U.S. suggest today’s megafires are truly unusual
Damn you, Smokey! Turns out fire suppression is a really bad thing if you want to avoid massive large-canopy-killing crown fires. Continue reading
Experts speak on fighting fire with fire
Ecologists and wildfire managers share thoughts on last season’s lessons at regional conference Continue reading
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Tagged fire management, forestry, La Niña, wildfires
