I'm beyond ๐- I'm furious. We KNOW how to mitigate these disasters: prescribed fire, fuel reduction, structure hardening, etc. Politicians REFUSE to fund it, empower the right people, and change policies to support it. We CAN live w/ #wildfire, even under climate change. ๐งต 1/
https://twitter.com/stuartpalley/status/1423162562397437962
I'm tired of hearing about "managed retreat" from fire. Everywhere can burn. We will have to retreat from some areas due to drought & sea level rise - those are almost impossible to mitigate. But we can mitigate severe wildfire through smart planning and managing the land. 2/
Look at the history of Indigenous cultures in America. Where did they abandon their homes and move on? Chaco Canyon and other laces in the SW where drought made it impossible to live. But Indigenous people lived WITH fire across the US bc they used it to steward the land. 3/
Climate change is exacerbating our lack of land stewardship and our inability to use fire in the west. Places that still use a lot of fire (the SE, Yosemite, the Great Plains) have very few catastrophic wildfires even WITH climate change. CA and the West MUST use more Rxfire. 4/
Many amazing pieces of recent journalism tell this story in detail:
@Pyrogeographer's insightful piece on choosing how we live with smoke in @BayNature 5/
baynature.org/article/beyondโฆ
@Pyrogeographer's insightful piece on choosing how we live with smoke in @BayNature 5/
baynature.org/article/beyondโฆ
.@Debkrol's award-winning piece on how tribes are fighting USFS to use more fire bc they know it works 8/ azcentral.com/in-depth/news/โฆ
.@lenyaqd's heartfelt writing on grief and living with fire 8/
zocalopublicsquare.org/2021/07/19/calโฆ
zocalopublicsquare.org/2021/07/19/calโฆ
.@amonthei WaPo story on Rx fire 9/ washingtonpost.com/climate-enviroโฆ
.@lesommer's piece on NPR showcasing tribes overcoming our ugly history of suppressing Indigenous fire 10/ npr.org/2020/08/24/899โฆ
And @NPR's amazing series from @NathanRott and others on how wildfire is a NATIONAL danger, not just west or CA 11/
npr.org/2021/07/07/101โฆ
npr.org/2021/07/08/101โฆ
npr.org/2021/07/07/101โฆ
npr.org/2021/07/08/101โฆ
I feel horrible for those who have lost everything. Bc it was NOT inevitable. We MUST dramatically increase Rxfire and treatment of landscapes, and it takes $$ and support. How much? @MichaelWWara at @StanfordWoods did an amazing report and talk on this: woods.stanford.edu/stanford-wildfโฆ
We CAN live with wildfire. The science is clear &success stories demonstrate that mitigation works. Congress and the governors must prioritize mitigation and funding (both for the work and the workforce to do it), and CA must pass SB332 (Rxfire liability) to start. 13/
๐ข๐๐ฟ ๐ณ๐๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ป๐ผ ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐, ๐ฏ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ฒ๐๐ป'๐ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐ฎ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ. ๐ฅ๐ฅ /end
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