If you’ve ever built a campfire, you know that you need different kinds of fuel to get a fire going: paper, small twigs, or pine needles to ignite the fire, then small sticks to keep it going, and finally big logs that keep the fire going and produce the big flames that keep you warm all night.įirefighters categorize plants based on their size and how quickly they dry out - and consequently, how easily they will ignite and burn. And according to fire scientists, property owners and policymakers should be paying more attention to these differences, too. Leaving aside the fact that nearly 60 percent of California's forestland is managed by the federal government, most scientists agree that the buildup of fuels is a factor in fire severity.įirefighters on the ground know that fire behaves very differently depending on whether the flames are spreading in grass, chaparral, forest, or a mix. “We’re tired of giving California hundreds and hundreds of millions of dollars, all the time for their forest fires," Trump told the White House State Leadership Day Conference, "when you wouldn’t have them if they managed their forests properly.
In his latest attack on California's forest management policies, President Donald Trump claimed on Tuesday that the solution to the state's punishing wildfire season should be a no-brainer.
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