Poor Forest Management is a larger driver than most people on the left are willing to admit - yes the weather extremes have gotten worse as well, but it's disingenuous to place most of the blame on the whether when the forest management practices are a self-inflicted wound.
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Forests need to be managed?
When natural fires are not allowed to burn for decades, yes.
Near community infrastructure to reduce fuel load, yes.
This is common knowledge among anyone who has studied forestry, the history of fire suppression, and the dynamics of wildfires. It's not controversial and it's not political. California's management practices have not followed the science.
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Forest Management in the US, not only California, is horrifying.
In my experience, people on the left are willing to learn and change, and likely to say, "There are better ways to manage our forests? Great. Then let's do that instead."
I consider myself as a progressive, but in my experience that conversation isn't even happening in the places where it needs to be happening. It is instead being politicized and mainstream outlets typically point to climate change as the only driver and not the mismanagement, which perpetuates the problem.