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Wildlands and the Dance of Life

He was alone. He was unheeded, happy, and near to the wild heart of life. – James Joyce Now I see the secret of making the best persons. It is to...

16.04.2026 20

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George Wuerthner

Trump’s Forest Service Wants to Log Next to Glacier National Park

The Hungry Horse Ranger District on the Flathead National Forest in Montana recently announced the Moccasin Granite Project to “treat” a...

07.01.2026 40

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Did Prescribed Burning Really Save Sisters, Oregon From a Wildfire?

I frequently read anecdotes and even research suggesting that “active forest management” can successfully slow or stop wildfires. In my...

25.11.2025 10

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Finding Beauty in a Burnt Forest: Toward a Paradigm Shift on Wildfire

I attended the University of Montana as an undergraduate back in the 1970s. I had many professors who I felt were exceptional. The common denominator...

24.09.2025 9

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Flawed Assumptions About Wildfires Lead to Poor Public Policies

The starting assumption about wildfire that dominates public policy is that “fire suppression” has created abnormal “fuel build up” in...

17.09.2025 20

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The False “Good Fire” Paradigm

The North Rim of the Grand Canyon forest stands are dominated by ponderosa pine, which tends to have a low-severity/high-frequency fire regime....

27.08.2025 20

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Home Construction Materials Can Increase Losses to Wildfires

Note that the cement wall withstood the Eaton Fire that left many of the wooden homes in Altadina, CA charred. Photo by George Wuerthner Increasingly,...

13.08.2025 10

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Should We Garden Our Forests?

A new study published in the journal Forest Ecology and Management “Significant mortality of old trees across a dry forest landscape, Oregon,”...

16.07.2025 30

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