Name: American Forest Fires
Uploaded: 2022
Description: Government policies and bureaucracy may be the REAL fire starters in the U.S. What brought us to this point? Are there innovative solutions?

Government policies and bureaucracy may be the REAL fire starters in the U.S. What brought us to this point? Are there innovative solutions?

This series examines why wildfires in the American West have grown more frequent and destructive, tracing the roles of fire suppression, forest management, drought, weather, and human ignition. You will explore how Native burning practices, modern bureaucracy, and new prevention strategies collide, revealing a crisis with profound consequences for forests, communities, and the future.

Inside the policy failures and hard choices behind America’s megafires.

Dive into the early history of fighting forest fires in the United States and the evolution of the Forest Service. How do our current systems compare to Indigenous policies and practices, and is there room for improvement?

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An early history of fighting forest fires in the U.S. and the evolution of the Forest Service. How do our current systems compare to Indigenous policies and practices?

Burning Down the House

Gain a more in-depth understanding of forest management in the United States. Dive deeper into the history of forest fires to see how they changed the American geographical landscape and meet the brave people who fight fires by land, sea and air.

Dive deeper into the history of forest fires to see how they changed the American geographical landscape and meet the brave people who fight fires: by land, sea and air.

Jump Into the Fire

There are vast differences between federal and private land management. Reflect on the history of fighting forest fires and examine some of the poor policies and practices that have tainted our progress.

Reflect on the history of fighting forest fires and examine some of the poor policies and practices that have tainted our progress.

Smoke On the Water

U.S. firefighting policies have led us to a dead end. How can we fix the problems? Advocates aim to steer away from a "fire-industrial complex" and collaborate with the U.S. Forestry Service. Are there better ways to fight fires?

U.S. firefighting policies have led to a dead end. Advocates aim to steer away from a "fire-industrial complex" and collaborate with the U.S. Forestry Service.