Former Democratic representative and deputy district attorney Pedro Nava, who is currently the commission’s chairman, addressed California’s governor and the legislature with an open letter that opens the February report. The first sentence of this letter states: “A century of mismanaging Sierra Nevada forests has brought an unprecedented environmental catastrophe that impacts all Californians.”
After describing the dilapidated state of the Sierra Nevada forests, and providing examples of the “imminent crisis,” Nava suggested “investing upfront to create healthier forests” in an effort to curb “the spiraling costs of state firefighting.” After further description of the economic costs incurred in the wake of wildfires, Nava concluded that “all these are symptoms of a larger problem of forest mismanagement and neglect.”
The report also blames “poor management policies that interrupted the natural and historical cycle of fire” as a cause that has “left forests vulnerable to disease, insects, catastrophic fire and drought.”
Unsurprisingly, it seems some of the outrage and animus directed towards Trump stems from dislike for the president’s personality and policies. It is not, however, rooted in knowledge about the situation at hand, which subject-matter experts describe similarly as Trump did in his supposedly objectionable tweet.
http://thefederalist.com/2018/11/16...ying-exactly-democrats-said-california-fires/
After describing the dilapidated state of the Sierra Nevada forests, and providing examples of the “imminent crisis,” Nava suggested “investing upfront to create healthier forests” in an effort to curb “the spiraling costs of state firefighting.” After further description of the economic costs incurred in the wake of wildfires, Nava concluded that “all these are symptoms of a larger problem of forest mismanagement and neglect.”
The report also blames “poor management policies that interrupted the natural and historical cycle of fire” as a cause that has “left forests vulnerable to disease, insects, catastrophic fire and drought.”
Unsurprisingly, it seems some of the outrage and animus directed towards Trump stems from dislike for the president’s personality and policies. It is not, however, rooted in knowledge about the situation at hand, which subject-matter experts describe similarly as Trump did in his supposedly objectionable tweet.
http://thefederalist.com/2018/11/16...ying-exactly-democrats-said-california-fires/
