Megafires Not Increasing: New Research Shows Large High-Severity Fires are Natural in Western Forests
In September 2019, Dr. Dominick DellaSala (Geos Institute) and Chad Hanson (Earth Island Institute) published a peer-reviewed study in the science journal Diversity disputes the widely held belief that “megafires” in our national forests are increasing, preventing forests from re-growing, and that logging is necessary to prevent these wildfires. Read the Press Release
“This is the most extensive study ever conducted on the high-severity fire component of large fires, and our results demonstrate that there is no need for massive forest thinning and salvage logging before or after a forest fire” – Dominick DellaSala
Links to the study
- Abstract: https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/11/9/157
- HTML Version: https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/11/9/157/htm
- PDF Version: https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/11/9/157/pdf
- For more information on the Rim fire, visit https://bit.ly/2kaxpMF.
