USFS prevents scientist from talking about study
By Amy Quinton, Capital Public Radio
The U.S. Forest Service Pacific Southwest Research Station won’t let forest ecologist Malcolm North talk about the study he authored in the journal Science.
The agency even unsuccesfully requested that Science editors hold the article or remove North’s name and affiliation from the peer-reviewed study.
The paper “Reform Forest Fire Management” says suppressing every fire in overgrown forests is not only expensive but dangerous and ill-advised.
Strong words perhaps, but UC Berkeley Fire Scientist Scott Stephens, who co-authored the paper, says they are not controversial.
“I read the paper many times,” says Stephens. “I just didn’t see something jump, like this would be something that would really cause great problems.”
“allowing natural fires to burn under the right conditions”.
Conditions controlled or judged by whom? Humans?
“The U.S. Forest Service Pacific Southwest Research Station won’t let forest ecologist Malcolm North talk about the study he authored in the journal Science”. Gee I wonder what the Forest Circus wants to hide. Um, maybe the TRUTH and reality?!
The failure to maintain by fires and labor and thin brush and trees on government owned land is a real danger to all. This is what they want covered up.
Seems challenged areas around the planet apparently go up in flames.