We have the proof that logging makes Tasmania’s forests more flammable
Lots of regrowth, lots more fire

"Regrowth does indeed burn more intensely than mature forests. Some experts suggested forests regrowing from logging were a key factor in the huge area burned during the notorious 2019–20 fire season, though others have disputed this."

"Recent research has shown commercial thinning of regrowth in Tasmania doesn’t reduce the risk of fire, because bark, limbs and smashed trunks left after logging act as fuel." >>
https://theconversation.com/we-have-the-proof-that-logging-makes-tasmanias-forests-more-flammable-279103

Landscape-scale experimental proof that tall wet Eucalyptus regrowth burns more severely than mature forest >>
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/ae4d62
#bushfires #loggingimpacts #FCNSW #forests #WetEucalyptus #forestry #thinning #NSWlogging #BellingenLogging #harm

The forest service has been pushing lies about how thinning and clearcuts reduce fires and/or intensity. This is absolutely not true. Here are a couple articles with top scientists shining a light in this "mitigation" and how trump wants to make it even worse with the "fix our forests" act.

https://insideclimatenews.org/news/03022026/congress-forests-act-wildfire/

https://olyclimate.org/2026/01/31/a-logging-bill-masquerading-as-wildfire-protecTuesd

#climate #forestservice #logging #thinning #badscience #fixourforests #trump #wildfire #climatechange #nasa

Large-scale mechanical thinning of biodiversity
Forests as machine-accessible landscapes

""Large-scale mechanical thinning operations are essentially a waste of money. At worst, they degrade forests, making them more flammable, eroding habitat, compromising water security and compacting soils."
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https://theconversation.com/victorias-mountain-ash-forests-naturally-thin-their-trees-so-why-do-it-with-machines-268201
#loggingImpacts #NSWLogging #thinning #Biodiversity #wildlife #machines #FossilFuel #climate #nativeforests #destruction #loggingIndustry #extractivism

Australia has new laws to protect nature. Do they signal an end to native forest logging?

"There is a straightforward way to avoid the ecological, administrative, and financial problems created by native forest logging – stop it altogether. The evidence shows ending native forest logging would deliver significant benefits for biodiversity, forest ecosystems, and reduce fire risks."
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https://theconversation.com/australia-has-new-laws-to-protect-nature-do-they-signal-an-end-to-native-forest-logging-271203
#NativeForests #LoggingImpacts #BAU #EPBCact #Biodiversity #conservation #governance #PoliticsOfUnsustainability #harm #thinning #LoggingIndustry #bushfires #risks

Forests, roads and mega fires
"More roads are associated with more fires"

"A problem arises when forest managers look at forests exclusively “through the lens of timber and dollar signs on trees."
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https://grist.org/wildfires/wildfire-prevention-roads-trump-repeal-roadless-rule-usda-forest-service/

Char Miller, "Burn Scars: A Documentary History of Fire Suppression, from Colonial Origins to the Resurgence of Cultural Burning" (Oregon State UP, 2024)
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https://osupress.oregonstate.edu/book/burn-scars
#LoggingImpacts #LoggingIndustry #NSWLogging #roads #bushfires #timber #extractivism #thinning #PrescribedBurns #FireSuppression #megafires #colonialism #CounterNarratives #IndigenousPeoples #CulturalBurning #ecology

SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .April 6th, 2025

https://bit.ly/stc040625

#Catalyst #palladium #platinum #SAC #plutonium #instruments #power-savings #interstellar #HCP #Network #Correspondence #commonalities #cratonic #thinning #Midwest #tomographic #neural-network-driven #machine-vision #terminal #guidance

'Data Thinning for Convolution-Closed Distributions', by Anna Neufeld, Ameer Dharamshi, Lucy L. Gao, Daniela Witten.

http://jmlr.org/papers/v25/23-0446.html

#thinning #rna #sequencing