OPINION: Forests Need Fire, But Forestry Makes It Work

Working lands have been parceled and sold for development, which in turn makes the remaining working lands even more important for both habitat and wildfire resilience forestry work. Landowner buy-inConvincing people to do forestry work is not a walk in the park. Forestry work can cause significant visual changes to the landscape, and the use of noisy chainsaws and heavy equipment can scare people off. “He told us, ‘because of the forestry work, we can fight this fire here. Because of the forestry work you’ve done, we can make a stand.’”