29 Dec 2020
California officials are finally taking a look at reducing the devastating wildfires that have plagued the state for years because of environmentalist opposition to managing forests.
As Breitbart News reported in September, environmentalists and the courts were still resisting calls for effective forest management, including efforts President Donald Trump has tried to implement, such as thinning forests to reduce fire fuel and controlled burns.
But environmental activists have taken the matter to court with judges on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruling the United States Forest Service put the plan in place “without assessing its environmental impact.”
California must burn more of its forests to save them. Is the public ready?
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Smoke from a prescribed burn rises above Hambrecht Vineyards in Healdsburg in November.Photos by Carlos Avila Gonzalez / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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Firefighters from Cal Fire and North Sonoma County crews set a controlled burn in Healdsburg.Carlos Avila Gonzalez / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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Firefighters with a PG&E crew spray down a tree during a controlled, intentional burn in Healdsburg in November.Photos by Carlos Avila Gonzalez / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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Neighbors Woody Hambrecht (left), Maureen Corcoran, and Maurice LeVois chat during the prescribed burn.Carlos Avila Gonzalez / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less