This is scary stuff...
The testimony may come off as dry to the casual observer, but I urge any of my fellow BBS'ers living in the Western US to watch the video.
The time to address this was years ago, but if we don't get moving now, it's only going to get worse.
Link to the testimony
Even though New Mexico had more of a "normal" fire season this year, time-wise, we also suffered our most destructive and largest fires in history...
Private landowners get it.. You have to treat your land to restore it to pre-settlement conditions to help mitigate wildfire danger.. But until public lands are treated the same, the work being done on private land won't have as much impact.
The testimony may come off as dry to the casual observer, but I urge any of my fellow BBS'ers living in the Western US to watch the video.
The time to address this was years ago, but if we don't get moving now, it's only going to get worse.
Link to the testimony
Even though New Mexico had more of a "normal" fire season this year, time-wise, we also suffered our most destructive and largest fires in history...
Private landowners get it.. You have to treat your land to restore it to pre-settlement conditions to help mitigate wildfire danger.. But until public lands are treated the same, the work being done on private land won't have as much impact.