Industry lobbyists and their good-old-boy network pundits are arguing that the wildfires wouldn't happen if we just logged with no holds barred. First, the more feul that is present to burn, the SLOWER IS THE GEOGRAPHIC ADVANCEMENT OF FIRE. Secondly, more trees means more canopy which, in turn, means more retainment of moisture - fire's arch-rival...water.
Most importantly, as far as the industry's PR goes, the two biggest fires (if not 3 out of 4) were STARTED BY WORKERS CONTRACTED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERMMENT. These are not "wild" fires. I have yet to hear the timber industry or their D.C. marionettes talk about the need to restrain these arsonists. By the way, the prosecution that is taking on Terry Barton (the COLORADO arsonist) have said that the fire looks as if it was "staged to look like a campfire that got out of control."
Burning Agenda - The worst fire season in memory is being used for political purposes, Eugene Weekly
Wildfires and Salvage Logging - The Beschta Report, [PDF] edited by J. Boone Kauffman
Fight Fire With Logging?, MotherJones
Fighting Forests With Fire: A Soldier's Story Timothy Ingalsbee,
Ph.D. Director, Western Fire Ecology Center
Logging without limits isn't a solution to wildfires, Oregonian
The Truth about Logging and Wildfires
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