Photo courtesy Bureau of Land Management
Wildfires rage with more frequency, caused mainly by overprotection of the woodlands. Old forests are kept off-limits to loggers, and fires are aggressively extinguished. Homeowners increasingly choose to build in dense woodlands.
When fires break out, vast acreages are ignited, threatening valuable properties…
…more aggressive woodland maintenance, including well-managed logging, could prevent these disasters…
Read full column in the: Columbia Daily Tribune