Wildfire Smoke in Northeastern US Visible on GOES East Images
We really have to get back on track with controlled burns after the environmentalist 'save all trees' experiment that started in the 1960's has put us in the position we are in now.<p>Canada used to have many controlled burns throughout last century until the last quarter - Nova Scotia is a typical example (1979 paper):<p><a href="https://cdnsciencepub.com/doi/abs/10.1139/x79-031" rel="nofollow">https://cdnsciencepub.com/doi/abs/10.1139/x79-031</a><p>California is dangerously behind on forestry and therefore fire management compared to earlier decades. Fuel has to be removed or fire and smoke will cause massive damage and have a very serious psychological and economic impact.<p>Native Americans conducted controlled burns for thousands of years until they started getting shot by forestry rangers a hundred years ago.<p><a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/12/3/new-california-law-affirms-indigenous-right-to-controlled-burns" rel="nofollow">https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/12/3/new-california-law-...</a><p>There are no saw mills left in Northern California and strict rules about not cutting trees down.  Wood is imported from Canada at massive expense, driving up the cost of housing. we seem to have lost the plot a bit here.