The fires of 2020

Lots of information and misinformation about wildfires and forest management in Oregon is circulating in the news and social media.

Go to these links for reliable information:

Oregon Wild webinar: Wildfires in 2020: What set the stage for this historic event and what can we expect in the future: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7IPAGbNKy4#action=share

Cascadia Wildlands Wildfire Guide:
https://www.cascwild.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Final_WildfireMessagingGuide_WEB_July2019.pdf

Interview with Tim Inglesbee, Executive Director, FUSEE (Firefighters United for Safety, Ethics, and Ecology)
scroll down to "A Tale of Two Fires - Timothy Ingalsbee"
https://coastrange.org/coast-range-radio/

Counterpunch article and video: The True Facts About the Oregon Fires, With a Video Proving It:
https://www.counterpunch.org/2020/09/16/the-true-facts-about-the-oregon-fires-with-a-video-proving-it/?fbclid=IwAR0skrBQAQXiKHi8C_w3tx3CltEFOF7NKr4_8x54RLEbso-oOUYoQgsiewM

George Wuerthner on Misinformation about wildfires:
 https://www.restore.org/news/2020/9/17/misinformation-raging-like-wildfire

Eugene Weekly debunks industry version:
https://www.eugeneweekly.com/2020/09/24/fanning-the-flames/

New York Times on Climate Change and Wildfires:
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/22/climate/climate-change-future.html?smid=em-share

Charles Eisensteen on World on Fire:
https://charleseisenstein.org/essays/world-on-fire/

Training film for Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) firefighters:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMu7kU5_e8w

Lane County Audubon Society presentation on the value of dead trees in the forest:
https://youtu.be/efbd2V_KJAI