Indiscriminate industrial forestry causes increased wildfire severity - illuminating the lies of the Bush Administration's "Healthy Forests" initiative.

Forest Mismanagement Contributes to Severity of Wildfires

The severe wildfires that have devastated the Western United States in recent years are in part the unintended legacy of decades of misguided forest management practices, according to a Duke University fire ecologist. Large wildfires now burning across California, Arizona and New Mexico show that the Bush administration's plan to "fireproof" the West's forests has backfired...