Tag: California wildfires

Native Tribes Are Taking Fire Control Into Their Own Hands

August 15, 2018

by mejs hasan : wired – excerpt Sometimes Vikki Preston is inching her way through the forest when she comes across a grove of tan oak trees that feels special. The plants are healthy, the trees are old, and their trunks are nicely spaced out on the forest floor. “You can feel that the grove … More Native Tribes Are Taking Fire Control Into Their Own Hands

Ryan Zinke takes ax to climate change narrative in push to save forests from wildfires

August 15, 2018

By Valerie Richardson : washingtontimes – excerpt CLOVIS, Calif. — Here in the town dubbed the “gateway to the Sierras,” the haze from the Ferguson Fire is fading as Yosemite National Park prepares to reopen, but the debate over how to stop wildfires from razing the state again next year continues to smolder. California’s catastrophic … More Ryan Zinke takes ax to climate change narrative in push to save forests from wildfires