But last year only 110,000 acres were burnt. In California, for example, the state wants to burn a million acres a year by 2025. A study from the International Journal of Wildland Fire, looking at the southeastern U.S., found that "even meeting basic burn criteria (as defined today) will become increasingly difficult over time" because the climate is changing. "We're used to burning a couple of thousand acres a year, and we probably got this year maybe 300 acres," he said. However, the burn had to be canceled after an unexpected rainfall.Ĭlairmont says ideal burn conditions are getting harder and harder to come by. In June, the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes were making final preparations to set a prescribed burn and they invited us to go along. Setting such a fire requires ideal conditions: moderate humidity, low temperature and low wind. "It reduces the fuel loading that's here right now that naturally wouldn't be here," said Darrell Clairmont, who is responsible for managing the fuel load in the forests on the reservation. The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes in Montana are leaders in putting prescribed fire back into the landscape.
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