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There's no question about it, we have seen an increase in the
severity and intensity of wildfires in the last few years. Since 2011,
nearly 2 million acres in Washington have burned in over 7,000
fires. During the Carlton Complex fire in 2014, over 300 structures
and homes burned, and over 1000 livestock were killed. After a dev-
astating year in 2014, Washington was hit harder in 2015. Over two
thousand fires started, 1.13 million acres burned, three wildland
firefighters lost their lives, and 364 structures
and homes burned, with another 16,000 struc-
tures threatened. How did we get ourselves
into this situation?
Over 100 years ago, our ecosystem was ex-
posed to frequent low-intensity fires. These
fires maintained the forests by consuming ac-
cumulated timber litterand understory. It was
a natural thinning process that reduced compe- Eastern
tition for resources resulting in healthier •
forests. Forests dominated by Ponderosa Pine Klickitat
had more of a park-like atmosphere; trees with Conservation
a diameter of 12 or more inches were spaced trkt
between 12 to 40 trees per acre. As the land was
settled, the fire regime was disturbed. Through
active fire suppression, our forests grew into
the thick stands that we see today, often with well over 300 mature
trees to the acre. Our forests are competing for limited resources
and we are now seeing the' results; widespread disease, drought
stress, and catastrophic fires killing trees by the thousands.
We live in a fire-driven ecosystem in Klickitat County. It's easy to
turn a blind eye when we are not directly affected by wildfires. We
become complacent after a few years pass following a major fire and
we forget the kind of devastation a wildlife can leave in its wake.
2016 was a relatively quiet year for wildfires. We can only hope that
it continues like that, but the reality is, we are going to be faced with
many more challenges in the future ff we do not start taking a
proactive approach now to protect our homes and land by mimick-
ing the effects of fire.
"V 'VE 60TA I 16 OF T ELMA, ARb LouI. I;
FROM THE
Which 'facts' do
you want?
How important are facts in our
lives? Consider the following: What
ff a doctor lied about a cancer diag-
nosis? What if your bank state-
ment lied about the balance in your
account? What if your child's Simon Schama, a British histo-
teacher lied about the grades your rian, wrote, "Indifference about
child received? I think we would be the distinction between truth and
very angry if any of these were to lies is a precondition of fascism.
happen to us. And yet--many of us When truth perishes, so does free-
are not concerned when President dom."
Trump lies again and again and
again. This is not a way to make Kenneth Margraf
America great. Goldendale
CONTACT YOUR LEGISLATORS
Gina McCabe U.S. Rep. Jaime
(360) 786-7856 Serrera Beutler
~na.mccabe@leg.wa.gov Vancouver Office
EO. Box 40600, Olympia, \VA Phone: (360) 695-6292
98504-0600 Web site,.
u :jaimehb.house.gov
Norm Johnson
122-C Legislative Bldg,
P.O. Box 40600
Olympia, WA 9851)4-(1600
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(360) 786-, 810
U.S. Senator Maria CantweU
Phone: (202) 224-3441
x. :cantweU.senate, gov/public/index.
cfm/email-maria
Curtis King
31)5 Cherberg Bldg,
P.O. Box 40414
Olympia, 98504-0414
(360) 786-7626
U.S. Senator Patty Murray
Phone: (202) 224-2621
www, murray, senate.gov/public/index.
cfm/contactme
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