This is the perspective being pushed in Palo Alto: There’s no mention of climate change as even a potential cause of drier forests, only a “lack of forest mismanagement.”
By at ""san mateo" " - Google NewsForests are dryer than they were in previous decades because a lack of forest management has resulted in more vegetation growing unchecked, which competes for the same amount of underground water. Also, dead vegetation is no longer removed from forests, providing additional fuel for wildfires.
Forests are dryer than they were in previous decades because a lack of forest management has resulted in more vegetation growing unchecked, which competes for the same amount of underground water. Also, dead vegetation is no longer removed from forests, providing additional fuel for wildfires.article date: 2020 10 25