Tag: land management

Experts Say Land Management, Firefighter Support Essential to Control Wildfires

With smoke from Canadian wildfires blanketing the U.S. Capitol and an active wildfire season predicted for 2023, Sen. James Risch (R-Idaho) said the United States may have become a victim of its own ingenuity. “We’re getting a lot better at [fighting fires]. We thought that if you suppress fires, that’s the end of it, but…


Stalagmite Reveals More Intense Bushfires in Australia Since 1890’s

A stalagmite from a Western Australian (WA) cave has revealed that prior to European settlement in the state, low-intensity bushfires were quite frequent, whereas, from the late 1800’s infrequent but high-intensity bushfires have become common. The stalagmite studied was extracted from Yonderup Cave in WA, and preserved a record of climate conditions and fires, enabling…