Fight fire with fire? Thinning forests is a start, but experts say it’s time to burn more

New research shows that fewer wildfires burn through Southwest forests, but the fires that start are often catastrophic, “monsters of our own making,” one scientists said. One way to reduce the number of megafires is to reduce the density of forests. In Arizona, the Four Forests Restoration Initiative has begun to show progress. The complicating…

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