While there have been suggestions that wildfires are becoming more frequent and severe due to climate change, environmental and economic professors interviewed by The Epoch Times say the number of fires has been decreasing for decades, and that the cause of the fires in many cases can be attributed to poor forest management. “The prime…
IN-DEPTH: Wildfires Exacerbated by Poor Forest Management, Professors Say
While there have been suggestions that wildfires are becoming more frequent and severe due to climate change, environmental and economic professors interviewed by The Epoch Times say the number of fires has been decreasing for decades, and that the cause of the fires in many cases can be attributed to poor forest management. “The prime…
New Center Wants to Fight Wildfires by Fixing Bad Laws
The Property and Environment Research Center (PERC) has launched a new conservation law and policy center that aims to promote good stewardship of the land without compromising private landowners’ property rights, including by cutting red tape to lower the risk of wildfires. Jonathan Wood, PERC’s legal director, told The Epoch Times in a Sept. 22…
US Forest Service Started New Mexico’s Largest Wildfire, Government Agencies Say
Federal agencies and the State of New Mexico said Friday that one of the U.S. Forest Service’s forest management measures, also known as “prescribed burn,” started the largest wildfire in New Mexico. “Forest Service fire investigators have determined that the Calf Canyon Fire on the Pecos/Las Vegas Ranger District of the Santa Fe National Forest…
Markets and Private Property, Not Government, Protect the Environment
Commentary Each century presents its unique set of problems for lovers of freedom, peace, and prosperity. While the great vanguards of liberty in the 20th century dealt with the looming shadow of centralization and were engaged in a battle against socialists and statists who argued for centralization and adjudication of individual liberty for the sake of universal…
The Reasons Behind California’s Wildfire | Lacy Schoen
The Dixie Fire is now the second-largest fire in California history, according to Cal Fire. My guest is Lacy Schoen, former deputy director of the National Forest Association. She explains why California is experiencing these horrific fires and how we can prevent them. California Insider is an Epoch Times show available on YouTube, Rumble, Youmaker,…
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