Has agency conflict made the fire threat worse?
March 25, 2008
A number of local papers ran a story by the Associated Press Monday that argues bureaucratic infighting among land management agencies has seriously damaged efforts to prevent catastrophic fire in the Lake Tahoe basin (See: Records show infighting hurt Tahoe fire prevention in the Tahoe Bonanza).
Based on your own experiences and observations, do you think this is the case? Do you see evidence that the infighting is still going on, or do you think recent steps by the TRPA and others are improving the situation? What suggestions do you have for reducing the threat of major fire in the basin?
Some resources on fire prevention in the basin:
U.S. Forest Service, Forest and Fuels Management
California-Nevada Tahoe Basin Fire Commission
TRPA, Bi-state fire commission report
Living with Fire
Photo by Steve Wilhelm, courtesy of Flickr
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