Congressional testimony at hearing to discuss the President's healthy forests: An initiative for wildfire prevention and stronger communities, September 5, 2002

Covington, W.W. (2002) Congressional testimony at hearing to discuss the President's healthy forests: An initiative for wildfire prevention and stronger communities, September 5, 2002. Technical Report. NAU Ecological Restoration Institute.

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Abstract

What is needed today is clear thinking. Fuzzy thinking can be a major threat to marshaling the nation's resources to address the critical problem in time to prevent catastrophic losses that will affect generations to come. There is plenty of blame to share over the current state of our forests. This hearing is intended to go beyond the blame to solve the crisis. It is my role and obligation as a scientist and as a professional forester to bring honest, objective facts and informed recommendations to this committee. I will attempt to do so in this statement. My testimony will focus on the science of forest restoration and how to reverse the trend of increasing catastrophic wildfires in the dry forests of the West by implementing science-based forest restoration treatments.

Item Type:	Monograph (Technical Report)
Keywords:	ERI Library, Congressional testimony, Management, Policy
Subjects:	S Agriculture > SD Forestry
NAU Depositing Author Academic Status:	Faculty/Staff
Department/Unit:	Research Centers > Ecological Restoration Institute
Date Deposited:	31 Mar 2016 04:08
URI:	http://openknowledge.nau.edu/id/eprint/2515

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