learning as much as i can about wildfires. prescribed burns are a prevention tactic to reduce the buildup of vegetation that could serve as fire fuel.

it takes an avg of 4.7 yrs for a prescribed burn to get through environmental reviews. 

80M acres need urgent treatment — that means now, not in 5 years. maddening!

/ted | exploring the onchain frontier | surfing @ venice, ca | eating @ gjusta / gjelina

Prescribed burns are a proven tactic, but the system slows progress to a crawl. In California, bureaucratic gridlock and lawsuits often delay burns by 6+ years far too late to stop disasters like the Camp Fire (2018), where mismanaged fuel loads turned Paradise into ashes. Same with the Maui fires (2023), untreated brush set the stage for catastrophe.  

With 80M acres in need of urgent treatment, prevention can't wait 5 years for a green light. Wildfires move faster than paperwork.  

Many such cases.