Sustainable Bioenergy, Farms, and Forests - September 28, 2012

A weekly look at sustainable bioenergy, farm, and forest policy issues

 

September 28, 2012

 

Western Wildfires Still Raging; More Than 8.7 Million Acres Burned So Far

The wildfire season did not end when the monsoon arrived in the Southwest this summer. It just moved north. Now most of the biggest fires are in Idaho, Washington, Montana, and Oregon. Many scientists are concerned that climate change, with more intense wildfires like those we are seeing today, may turn many Western forests from carbon sinks into carbon emission sources in the years ahead. What can be done to address this? What role might bioenergy markets play supporting adaptive forest management?

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Writer: Ned Stowe

 

 

 

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