To save Western U.S. forests, cut them way back, study says
A new study proposes a radical prescription for the ailing health of dry U.S. Western forests: cutting back trees by as much as 80%.
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A new study proposes a radical prescription for the ailing health of dry U.S. Western forests: cutting back trees by as much as 80%.
A new study proposes a radical prescription for the ailing health of dry U.S. Western forests: cutting back trees by as much as 80%.
A new study proposes a radical prescription for the ailing health of dry U.S. Western forests: cutting back trees by as much as 80%.
The U.S. Forest Service recently announced a 10-year plan that includes a dramatic increase in treating forests through thinning and prescribed burns. That plan includes treating 20 million acres of Forest Service land, and 30 million acres of other federal, state, tribal, and private lands.
A new study proposes a radical prescription for the ailing health of dry U.S. Western forests: cutting back trees by as much as 80%.