Does California Forestry do prescribed burns?

Question

Burn the forest to get wildfires from starting more frequently.

Answer 1

Yes, California does do prescribed burns.

See:

http://www.whitehouse.gov/infocus/health...

http://www.cacareerzone.org/text/profile...

http://gis.ca.gov/catalog/BrowseRecord.e...

http://www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/info/newsroo...

Answer 2

Yes, check out the Department of Forrestry for more information.

Answer 3

People have to stop living on hilltops in near desert conditions full of tinder dry brush.   The brush of southern california burns very frequently which is why there are no giant trees in it.  If people want to live in it, they should not be suprised when they have to rebuild it when it burns frequently.