@jeffw to science • 8 months agoFighting every wildfire ensures the big fires are more extreme, and may harm forests’ ability to adapt to climate changetheconversation.comexternal-linkmessage-square9arrow-up160arrow-down11
arrow-up159arrow-down1external-linkFighting every wildfire ensures the big fires are more extreme, and may harm forests’ ability to adapt to climate changetheconversation.com@jeffw to science • 8 months agomessage-square9
minus-squaremagnetospherelinkfedilink9•8 months agoI thought we already knew this, and it was policy not to fight every fire. Oh well.
I thought we already knew this, and it was policy not to fight every fire. Oh well.
I learned this in forestry class. In 1991.