Fighting Forest Fires in the American West: The Needs of Nature Versus the Needs of Man – September 6, 2013
During the last three weeks the Rim Fire in the Stanislaus National Forest and Yosemite National Park has burned its way into the history books. The Rim Fire has scorched 370 square miles of forest, cost $60 million in state and federal funds, and involved more than 5,100 fire-fighting personnel. Are we managing wildfires, like … Continued