Forest Service HQ Move

[TheTone]

Good. Like wildfires haven't been researched to death long ago while becoming
more of a problem every year.

Logging and strategic clearcutting would end these "fire seasons" that we are now
subject to every year. But doing that would expose just how much of a scam the
"management of our forests" has been. And lots of people would need to get
real productive jobs outside government (< but that's redundant).

Weird that every fire near me the past few years has been in logged or heavily managed forests. A fire absolutely rips through even age regen and pre commercial thinning jobs

 

[mt terry d]

Weird that every fire near me the past few years has been in logged or heavily managed forests. A fire absolutely rips through even age regen and pre commercial thinning jobs

Please define "heavily managed and "pre commercial thinning jobs"

Were the FS roads clear for fire equipment and the public allowed to collect firewood at will?
Were the fires "monitored" before attempts to stop them?
Were clearcuts implemented to create natural fire stops and added habitat for wildlife?

 

[TheTone]

Please define "heavily managed and "pre commercial thinning jobs"

Were the FS roads clear for fire equipment and the public allowed to collect firewood at will?
Were the fires "monitored" before attempts to stop them?
Were clearcuts implemented to create natural fire stops and added habitat for wildlife?

Firewood permits have been free for a few years here; heavily managed I’d consider super high road open density, a mix of FS, state, and timber company lands all of them cutting heavily and replanting, plus spraying anything that grows back on its own. Pre commercial thinning, meaning go into the regen 10-15 years after planting and cut down 1/2 or more of the trees and just leave them lay where they fell. It’s a super nightmare to try and walk through and always comical when they post signs saying it’s a high fire danger right after