Climate Change Necessitates New Tactics To Wildfire Management

Tuesday, April 18th, 2017 Property

During the height of the Soberanes Fire last September in Central California, the United States Forest Service estimated it was costing about $8 million per day to fight the wildfire. By the time firefighters fully contained the blaze at 132,000 acres, it had become the most expensive wildfire in U.S. history, with a total cost of more than $206 million. The Soberanes Fire wasn’t even one of the 10 largest on record in California, but the high price tag is one of the signs that the U.S. is losing the battle against wildfires.


External References & Further Reading
https://psmag.com/the-future-of-fighting-wildfires-in-the-era-of-climate-change-3004d07fdcd6
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