Forestry – refuting logging myths about forest fires

Given that climate change is likely to mean not just more severe flooding but also more numerous and larger fires, it’s important to build up arguments against those who will use the problem to justify more environmental destruction in the form of forestry clear-cutting. Here is some useful ammo:

The Myth That Logging Prevents Forest Fires

The Forest Service solution to large wildfires is more logging, but this prescription ignores the growing body of scientific research that suggests that…

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