Trump Is Right: Poor Land Management Is Leading to Bigger California Fires
13th November 2018
It’s hard not to see the connection between this increase in wildfires and the land management policy changes that have occurred since the 1970s.
Laws like the National Environmental Policy Act and the Endangered Species Act, according to Rep. Tom McClintock, R-Calif., “have resulted in endlessly time-consuming and cost-prohibitive restrictions and requirements that have made the scientific management of our forests virtually impossible.”
These laws, and others like them, have drastically reduced the amount of forest thinning and controlled burns that used to effectively keep wildland from becoming a danger to people and property.