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Recently California Governor Newsom came out with a proposed fire budget of over a billon dollars. Unfortunately, like so many politicians, his budget emphasizes “active forest management” which includes thinning and prescribe fire to reduce the presumed “excess fuels” on public lands. One can forgive Governor Newsom for his budget emphasis as he is likely More

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This content originally appeared on CounterPunch.org and was authored by George Wuerthner.

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