Costly Lesson of Rim Fire: Forests Need to Be Thinned
From the Stockton Record:
“If you burn it, they will come. That movie-based logic is how federal dollars get allocated for forests, say foresters, scientists, environmentalists and others familiar with how fire risk gets handled in the Sierra.
“The Rim Fire that started Aug. 17 and burned more than 400 square miles has already run up a $127 million price tag for firefighting. On Friday, federal officials announced another $4.3 million in funding for post-fire treatments to damaged watersheds.”
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