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In a recent May 29 Bend Bulletin article, Senator Merkley asserted he “wants to boost spending on forest management by $1 billion annually through work, such as thinning and prescribed burning, to reduce the prospects of catastrophic wildfires.” An unexamined assumption is that thinning/logging work significantly reduces the pejoratively named “catastrophic” fires. Despite assertions from More
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This content originally appeared on CounterPunch.org and was authored by George Wuerthner.