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True2this t1_it0x8fi wrote

Reply to comment by Robert_Actual in YOU SHOULD KNOW: While the smoke has been very bad, Washington’s 2022 fire season has been the mildest in a decade by ClimateChangeC

Usually done with controlled burns.

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Robert_Actual t1_it0xyx8 wrote

Agree 1000% but these are not done with the same frequency as even 10 years ago let alone 20 years ago. No one trims ladder fuels. Logging of dead trees is no longer allowed. No one clears the FS roads that serve as access and fire breaks.

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Huge_Requirement9200 t1_it12go1 wrote

It is so counterproductive. We need active land management in our forests.Controlled burns in shoulder seasons, gladed logging, selecting for preservation of fire resistant old growth, logging dead trees, collection of underbrush.

There's a hundred years of dead fuel in so many of these forests of young, uniformly sized, touching trees.

Acres and acres of drought-dry fireplace, ready for some yayhoo to throw a butt out a window.

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azdood85 t1_it4f0ld wrote

Amazing points and you would think our local government and leaders would follow that path but apparently they have other priorities.

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azdood85 t1_it4etfu wrote

Controlled burns are planned to not smoke out a giant ass city.

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