Fear of fire has created an opportunity for the animal agriculture industry to manipulate our fear for their gain. In the rush to find a solution we accept whatever we hear first. We hear what is the most heavily marketed...
Below are some wake up calls regarding the idea the fire suppression is our savior...
Below are some wake up calls regarding the idea the fire suppression is our savior...
Grazing and Fire Suppression by Dr. George Wuerthner (Click to read full article)
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"One of the “cons” heard continuously from range conservationists and repeated by ranchers that grazing can help preclude large “mega” fires by “reducing” fuels. This is one of those many assertions that have a grain of truth but is nevertheless misleading."
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"Almost all the “evidence” for the value of grazing to reduce wildfires comes from government apologists with connections to the livestock industry."
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First the savior, now the villain: Fire suppression is often overhyped in the American west
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"Recrafting forests to meet people’s flameless desires is like redirecting water to flow uphill."
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The stories we tell ourselves nearly always involve a human-driven problem countered by a technical fix.
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"If we don’t allow building in flood plains, why do we facilitate dwellings in fire-prone forests?"
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Removing Trees puts more carbon in the air than fires (Click to read)
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"Across the lower 48 states, logging-related emissions are 7.6 times higher than the combined release from all-natural disturbances like fire and insects."
Indeed, Oregon logging contributes to 35% of the state’s emissions — more than all transportation from cars to jets. |
"Even the charred landscapes resulting from large fires store significant amounts of carbon. Keep in mind that what burns in a high severity fire is the fine fuels like needles, cones and small branches. What remains are the boles (snags), roots and soil, which is where the bulk of all carbon is stored."
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