Fire exclusion policies carry greater safety risk than prescribed burning
Evidence
If a prescribed fire got out of hand in severe fire weather there would be risk of loss of human lives and serious property damage. It must be realized, however, that present fire-exclusion policies carry the same or greater risks. A solution to the fuels problem in Wilderness Areas is required if this dilemma is to be removed. — Miron L. Heinselman, Fire in the Virgin Forests of the…, 480
Categorization
- ADDENDUM: Directly extends the trees/grafting infrastructure theme’s disturbance logic — wildfire not as enemy but as ecosystem-maintaining force requiring managed coexistence.
- XREF: connects to: Letting all lightning fires run is unsafe in flat Canoe Area terrain — Miron L. Heinselman, Fire in the Virgin Forests of the…, 455; Fire suppression restructures the whole ecosystem and reduces overall wildlife diversity — Miron L. Heinselman, Fire in the Virgin Forests of the…, 442; BWCA management excluded fire despite its dominant ecological role — Miron L. Heinselman, Fire in the Virgin Forests of the…, 25 (+3 more)
Related
- BWCA management excluded fire despite its dominant ecological role (similarity 0.84)
- Suppressing disturbance makes ecosystems more vulnerable to catastrophe (similarity 0.81)
- Fire suppression restructures the whole ecosystem and reduces overall wildlife diversity (similarity 0.81)
- Fire is an intrinsic ecosystem component, not an unnatural disturbance, in the Canoe Area. (similarity 0.81)
- Letting all lightning fires run is unsafe in flat Canoe Area terrain (similarity 0.79)
Broader Connections
- Monoculture management and fire exclusion promote insect-induced vegetation mortality
#expands(0.80) — S. T. A. Pickett and P. S. White, eds., The Ecology of Natural Disturbance and…, 1582 - Prevent policy is discriminatory, disproportionate, and counterproductive
#corroborates(0.80) — Runnymede Trust (ed. Farah Elahi & Omar Khan), Islamophobia, 124