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Opinion
July 6, 2018: Mammoth Times –- Craig Thomas
Lions Fire--Coming to terms with fire, smoke, and cultural change in California fire policy
June 15, 2018: Fresno Bee – Craig Thomas, Jim Branham, and Jim McDougal.
Living with Fire in California: A little smoke now prevents a lot more later.
August 5, 2013: Modesto Bee –- Craig Thomas and John Buckley
Amphibian protection proposal also protects humans
April, 5, 2008: Sacramento Bee
Picking right trees to cut in Tahoe forest
February 16, 2008: Grass Valley Union – Dave Jaramillo, Other Voices
Foothill communities get fire wise
November 16, 2007: Grass Valley Union – Dave Jaramillo, Other Voices
See the bigger picture in forest thinnning issue
July 17, 2007: Paradise Post
Environmentalists helpful with fire safety
July 1, 2007: Sacramento Bee – Craig Thomas, Special to The Bee
Living with risk: Homeowners face the responsibility and challenge of developing defenses against wildfires
May 24, 2007: Fresno Bee – Craig Thomas, Opinion
Kings River project is on the wrong track
April 9, 2007: Modesto Bee
Do your part to stop SPI turning forests into moonscapes
April 6, 2007: Redding Record-Searchlight
Clear-cutting worsens forest-fire hazards
April 5, 2007: Sacramento Bee
A victory for forests: Court sends planning back to square one
February 18, 2007: Sacramento Bee –Craig Thomas, Special to The Bee
Another View
June 6, 2003: Sacramento Bee
Sierra plan calls for more logging
Letters to the Editor
April 22, 2008: Grass Valley Union
Logging industry misleads on climate and forest fires
April 5, 2008: Sacramento Bee
Picking right trees to cut in Tahoe forest
July 19, 2007: Reno Gazette Journal
Sierra Club working for real fire solutions
August 26, 2007: San Francisco Chronicle
Burn for safety
April 9, 2007: Modesto Bee
Do your part to stop SPI turning forests into moonscapes
April 6, 2007: Redding Record-Searchlight
Clear-cutting worsens forest-fire hazards
Other Media...
December 20, 2018 LA Times
Here's how California can use fire to solve its wildfire problem
September 27, 2008 National Public Radio (NPR)
NPR: Fire ecologists say more fires should be left to burn. So why aren't they?
September 21, 2018 Fort Bragg Advocate News
Is California's firefighting strategy making future fires worse?
September 9, 2018. The Mercury News
Megafires: Controlled burns could reduce destructive, out of control blazes; State considers strategies to reduce “megafires”
September 5, 2018, Yale Environment 360
Fighting Fire with Fire: California Turns to Prescribed Burning
July 16, 2018 KQED
Why California's Best Strategy Against Wildfire is Hardly Ever Used
Read the report or listen to the broadcast on KQED
February 5, 2018 Sacramento Bee
Sacramento Bee: Future forest health needs fire to fight fire
December 11, 2017 High Country News
What fire researchers learned from Northern California blazes -- In California, land managers use fire as a tool.
November 28, 2016: Water Deeply (newsdeeply.com)
New Study Finds Surprising Culprit Drives Forest Fire Behavior
July 1, 2016: From the Atlantic, CityLab
What California Can Learn From How the South Manages Wildfires -- As deadly wildfires blaze, experts are calling on the state to emulate the South’s long tradition of prescribed burning
August 5, 2013: Sacramento Bee
Critics jump on frog and toad protection plans in California
April 12, 2012: Fresno Bee Blog
Sierra National Forest brings foes together for restoration
April 8, 2012: Sacramento Bee – Matt Weiser
California deer population declines as habitat disappears
September 15, 2010: Portola Reporter
County must pay back misused road funds
April 2, 2010: Sonora Union Democrat
Calaveras group offers blueprint for partnership
March 31, 2010: Sacramento Bee
California Fisher report challenged by scientists
May 26, 2009: Sacramento Bee – Matt Weiser
Logging in fire area revives Tahoe fears -- Groups point to fouled streams, denuded slopes
July 27, 2008: Sacramento Bee
Forest Service burns through its budgets
July 21, 2008: San Francisco Chronicle
Warming West is ground zero for wildfires
July 20, 2008: Idaho Statesman
Are the ways fires are fought and prevented firewise?
July 18, 2008: Sacramento Bee
Forest Service explains its 'let it burn'policy
July 13, 2008: Sacramento Bee
Daniel Weintraub: Sometimes there is no choice but to let it burn
July 8, 2008: Sacramento Bee
Smoke is normal--for 1800s
June 27, 2008: Union Democrat
Ancient trees a big draw for tourists, daytrippers
May 22, 2008: Bay City News Service
State high court rejects environmental challenge to Sierra logging plans
May 14, 2008: Sacramento Bee – Denny Walsh and Matt Weiser
Court halts logging in Plumas forest
May 14, 2008: San Francisco Chronicle – Bob Egelko
Court bars Bush administration's logging plans for Sierra
May 9, 2008: New York Times
Major Deal Preserves Ranch Land in California
March 5, 2008: Sacramento Bee
Elusive wolverine makes its first Sierra appearance in years
February 19, 2008: Tahoe Daily Tribune - Adam Jensen
Prescribed burns to target forest floors
February 12, 2007: Fresno Bee - Mark Grossi
Weasel-like animal threatens forest plan
December 7, 2007: Sacramento Bee - Carrie Peyton Dahlberg
Ruling likely to slow burning - But it won't stop fire prevention efforts, forest managers say.
December 5, 2007: Associated Press - Terence Chea
Appeals Court Blocks Bush Logging Rule
August 9, 2007: San Francisco Chronicle
Climate change, forest management result in bigger, hotter fires
August 4, 2007: San Francisco Chronicle
Tree thinning seen as factor in limiting fire
August 4, 2007: Sacramento Bee
Study: Angora fire unstoppable
August 4, 2007: Associated Press
Report: Many houses in Lake Tahoe Fire ignited by other houses
July 10, 2007: Sacramento Bee
Fires rip through West's wildlands
June 26, 2007: San Francisco Chronicle
Raging Tahoe Fire’s Roots
June 25, 2007: Christian Science Monitor
Tahoe blaze puts focus on homeowners' prevention efforts
May 29, 2007: Stockton Record
Untamed river may get wilder
May 24, 2007: Land Letter
Lawsuit tries to prevent Sierra logging
April 8, 2007: Fresno Bee
Conservatives warm to climate concerns
October 20, 2005: Stockton Record
Environmentalists complain wildlife protections will be lost
February 2, 2005: Sonora Union Democrat
Forest plan spurs two lawsuits
February 2, 2005: Associated Press
State, activists sue to block Sierra national forest plan
August 24, 2004: Associated Press
Judge blocks fed's plan to sell Tahoe timber
January 23, 2004: Los Angeles Times
U.S. to Triple Logging in Sierra
January 23, 2004: Sacramento Bee
The new blueprint will cut fire risk, officials say, but foes claim it is driven by logging interests
September 10, 2003: Sacramento Bee
California fire funds sent from north to south
June 6, 2003: Sacramento Bee
Sierra plan calls for more logging