Why California's Wildfire Protection is Making it Worse

Hey friends, have a look at our video on the impact of Australia's wildfires on the koala population here: https://youtu.be/eBIlOfvYVqw or watch our entire wildfire series!

I'm a 20 year old from California born and raised and I find it so frustrating when people refuse to acknowledge the human causes of these fires. The expansion of the suburbs, the repression of the natural fire cycle, the purposeful ignorance of California Native American land management techniques, the climate crisis; it's all so obvious to anyone who lives here and bothers to look at the situation for what it is. I love my home state for its diverse natural beauty and I hate seeing it so horribly managed.

Currently, cities in the American west face the world's(!) worst air quality as smoke from wildfires turned the skies an orange-red. From the Mexican border to the forests of Washington State, the West Coast is ablaze. And let's be honest: These wildfires are not “natural” — humans made them worse at every step!

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As a wild land firefighter up here in Canada, I am of the opinion that we need to empower our fire response organizations to adopt a policy of ignition in and around the urban interface. We would need to become fire starters as well as extinguishers for our respective geographic areas. I would surmise the pincer attacking the burning season, by conducting burns both spring and fall. Taking advantage of the precipitation these two seasons coincide with. This would require more funding to the respective national programs. Not something that would be easily sellable politically, which I suspect is why it hasn’t happened. The programs would require full time workers as there are a bit more precautions ergo more training. As it stands the respective programs only have certain positions at full time status and operate a skeleton personnel operation during the off season. This results in high turnover rate in our personnel from year to year, as most don’t see the point in achieving a long career in these respective organizations. These catastrophic fires are the result of, you stated human colonization, but also because of becoming two good at what we do in our attack methods. Not letting fires do what they were meant to do, in controlled circumstances, thus the need for burning requirement to these fire suppression organizations. In closing, what is needed is public support and pressure on our governments to fully fund these programs. To not do so will mean these fires will get worse. Mii’e. Miigwech

Seems like 2020 is the trailer for 2021

Actually we are destroying ourselves. 🔥

The brave fire fighters often only make headway putting out fires when the weather changes favorably. It cools, winds drop, humidity goes up, or it rains. The weather is a major factor in fire behavior.

don´t let the california dream die. Runing away is not going to solve problems

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the sad thing is , everywhere face the same problem. the forest are all gone. im worried that future will be running out of hopes and trees. wildfires are actually can be natural disaster but humans just make it worse.

Terra Matter is an Austrian Company ( I think ) But still cares about other Countries.....Good Job !!

Man has to pay his price for all the destruction he made

Thats sad but I have a question what would happen if there is so much wild fires that there were only a thousand trees left on earth will the earths oxygen run out and will it be limited and will that ever happen

Why don't you make a documentary just like "Our Planet" Series

Well said 🙏👍🔥

WE ARE!!! SOOO TRUE :-( HUMANS REALLY NEED TO REALIZE THE IMPACTS OF THEIR ACTIONS!!!

You make a strong case. An invidious, or difficult, state.

This is actually eyes opening 😳

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