Report Improving the Health of California’s Headwater Forests By Van Butsic, Henry McCann, Jodi Axelson, Brian Gray ... Sep 18, 2017 Decades of fire suppression, an emphasis on short-term management ... Make long-term forest health the top priority for guiding agency rules, policy, ...
press release Action Needed to Improve Health of California’s Headwater Forests Sep 18, 2017 These are among the key findings of a report released today by the PPIC Water Policy Center. Decades of fire suppression have increased the density of trees ...
blog post How Unhealthy Forests Affect Water Supply By Lori Pottinger May 30, 2017 May 30, 2017 ... California's mountain forests have been badly stressed by years of drought and fire suppression practices that encourage overly dense stands ...
blog post California’s Changing Headwaters By Lori Pottinger Nov 29, 2016 Nov 29, 2016 ... In the past most forest management focused on wildfire suppression. There's now recognition that solely focusing on suppression led to ...
press release A Road Map to Improve the Federal Government’s Drought Response Feb 1, 2016 Feb 1, 2016 ... ... made by the PPIC Water Policy Center in a report released today. ... should shift its focus from fire suppression to fire prevention, ...
blog post Managing Wildfires Requires New Strategies By Jeffrey Mount, Henry McCann Sep 23, 2015 Sep 23, 2015 ... A century of wildfire suppression and inconsistent fuel reduction efforts—such as thinning out trees and introducing more frequent, low- ...
Report What If California’s Drought Continues? By Ellen Hanak, Jay Lund, Jeffrey Mount, Peter Moyle ... Aug 19, 2015 Conifer and hardwood forests cover roughly a quarter of California. These forests are naturally wildfire prone, and a century of suppressing fires has made them ...