These fires are giving us a lot of CO2 in the atmosphere that cant’ be offset. “Part of the shared value ought to be CO2 in the atmosphere. And I think that's the key is that scale piece.”
That's a scale where individual parties on the ground, local communities, local landowners, local interested parties have a seat at the table to share in a strategy to identify shared values to protect. “So we talk about landscapes, we talk about watersheds. “I think as you look across the country where we're having success, where we're having success is where we're collaborating, coordinating, partnering at scale,” replied Mr. So how do we significantly increase harvesting?” I'm convinced that can be the case because the disparity between 12 to 13 billion and 2 billion, there's got to be a right number somewhere between those two. Come on – the solution is right in front of us, which is there are people that want to harvest wood in the forest and we should figure out a way to let them do so in an environmentally sound manner. I figured that'll get us to the full forest in 60 years. Rupert, I don't want to embarrass you, but you talked very proudly about 2.1 million acres are going to be treated next year.
The problem is too much junk wood and understory in the forest,” said Senator King. Since 2001, that's 2.2 billion board feet. Between 1965 and I think 1990, the average amount of wood taken out of the federal forest was about 12 billion board feet. “It seems to me that the key words today that I've heard over and over are overstock and drought… the overstocking is something we can address directly. Department of Interior’s Office of Wildland Fire, that “there are people that want to harvest wood in the forest” and called on him to “figure out a way to let them do so in an environmentally sound manner. He told Jeffrey Rupert, Director of the U.S. In a hearing of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, King brought attention to declining federal forest harvests and how this neglect has led to dangerous growth – known as overstock – of junk wood that has significantly expanded the chances and severity of large fires. Senator Angus King today pushed top Biden administration officials to consider simple and effective methods to improve forest management across the United States.
– As much of the country feels the impacts of Canadian wildfires, U.S. Watch or download Senator King’s questioning HERE
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