Chaparral Wisdom
To celebrate the magic and beauty of Nature & the chaparral
Tag: Fire suppression
New Study Finds Increase in California Forest Fires Over the Past Half-century is Attributable to Human-caused Climate Change
Drying landscapes = More landscapes burnPast fire suppression activitiesor lack of “cultural burning” are not a factor Four new observations should change the current narrative about wildfires. Will these new facts change the wildfire narrative? In the short run, we are doubtful. Why?
How Truth Metastasized Into A Lie – The Fire Suppression Fallacy (Part I)
– The Justification Du Jour to Eliminate Nature – We are being lied to. It didn’t start out that way, but as is often the case when money and power are involved, the truth has suffered. And the lie has been crafted to be… Continue Reading “How Truth Metastasized Into A Lie – The Fire Suppression Fallacy (Part I)”
Wildfire Hyperbole: Falsely Blaming Past Fire Suppression
Whenever wildfire is discussed, you can almost guarantee that someone will say something like the following: These unnaturally, hot mega-fires are the result of past fire suppression which has allowed an unnatural accumulation of vegetation. Forests are out of whack. And environmentalists have made… Continue Reading “Wildfire Hyperbole: Falsely Blaming Past Fire Suppression”