'It’s time for real leaders in both parties to come up with a permanent legislative fix to this problem. For communities facing the growing threat of catastrophic wildfires, it truly is a matter of life and death.' -John Karakoulakis
Too often, their work is made much more difficult — if not impossible — by far-left environmental groups who use strategic lawsuits to prevent forest management activities from taking place. It’s time that elected officials in the nation’s capital put an end to these abusive lawsuits or, at a minimum, roll back some of the worst impacts.
Without natural fires, large amounts of undergrowth can build up. Over time, the stockpile of fuel grows to dangerous levels, and when there is a fire, it’s much larger and more damaging than it should be. Small-scale, controlled burns are one tool that forest managers can use to mimic the role of natural fires. But mechanical thinning of the undergrowth, using everything from hand tools to rakes to chainsaws to wood chippers, is also a must, according to the U.S. Forest Service.
Perhaps the worst example is the 2015 victory of the Cottonwood Environmental Law Center in front of the ultraliberal 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco. But the Biden forest plan and other forest management proposals to reduce the backlog are now clouded in uncertainty because of the renewed threat of legal action.
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