HomeMy WebLinkAbout07.29.25 John Stonebraker FW_ comment re_ 3.2.d Fix Our Forests ActFrom:Clerk of the Board
To:BOS
Subject:FW: comment re: 3.2.d Fix Our Forests Act
Date:Tuesday, July 29, 2025 7:53:25 AM
Please see Public Comment received below.
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From: John S. <john@upperridge.info>
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To: Clerk of the Board <clerkoftheboard@buttecounty.net>
Subject: comment re: 3.2.d Fix Our Forests Act
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We should be urging the federal government to improve its fire behavior modeling. The 2020 North Complex, the
2021 Tamarack Fire, and the 2025 Dragon Bravo Fire all became catastrophic due to federal underestimations of
risk once the fire was alight. Prescribed fire in the shoulder season, like we have recently seen on National Forest
lands around Magalia, can have benefits but only if wildfires in the dry season are managed in accordance with our
current climate and the weather patterns large fires themselves create. Accurately modeling potential fire spread
under critical conditions and allocating resources accordingly will provide better yield than any amount of
Sisyphean vegetation removal. This bill has its merits but could be improved.
Our former state senator was an advocate for improving forest management here in the North State, but please CC
our current state senator on this here.
John Stonebraker
Magalia, CA