blog post How California’s Wildfires Are Changing By Henry McCann Sep 21, 2020 Sep 21, 2020 ... We asked fire scientist Crystal Kolden of UC Merced how California's “firescape” ... Then fire suppression became state and federal policy.
blog post Using Fire for Good on Tribal Land By Henry McCann Sep 1, 2020 Sep 1, 2020 ... The fire suppression era has restricted our ability to use fire, but the Cultural Fire Management Council has begun to reclaim fire as a ...
blog post Grappling with the Statewide “Wildfire Siege” By Henry McCann Aug 20, 2020 Aug 20, 2020 ... California is in the midst of a statewide wildfire siege that is severely challenging fire suppression. How prepared are we?
blog post Governor’s Budget Addresses Growing Wildfire Risks By Henry McCann Jan 27, 2020 Jan 27, 2020 ... Boosting fire suppression resources: The budget would increase the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection's (Cal Fire), annual ...
blog post New Laws Help Prepare Communities for Wildfire By Henry McCann Oct 14, 2019 Oct 14, 2019 ... New laws will help make communities more resilient to wildfire, ... which have become overly dense as a result of fire suppression.
blog post The State of Wildfire Risk Reduction in California By Lori Pottinger Jul 22, 2019 Jul 22, 2019 ... And they're investing a bit more money in fire suppression. I'd like to see more work in building community wildfire resilience across the state ...
blog post New Federal Policies Will Help Manage Wildfire Risk By Henry McCann May 8, 2018 May 8, 2018 ... Protecting funds dedicated to forest management and restoration. The Forest Service's fire suppression activities have traditionally been funded ...
blog post A Look Back at the Year in Water Policy By Ellen Hanak Jan 9, 2018 Jan 9, 2018 ... In 2017 the PPIC Water Policy Center explored how the state is ... to shift the emphasis from fire suppression to forest management and how ...
blog post Video: Improving the Health of California’s Headwater Forests By Lori Pottinger Sep 26, 2017 Sep 26, 2017 ... Policy and budgets prioritize fire suppression over forest management. More than half of the US Forest Service budget is for fire ...
event Improving the Health of California’s Headwater Forests Sep 20, 2017 Years of fire suppression, emphasis on short-term management priorities, weather extremes, ... Jeff Mount, senior fellow, PPIC Water Policy Center.