Controlled Substances Act

bonfire and s’mores. Most people done see the dangers in it or how incredibly powerful it can actually be. They see only the beauty. Fires are more harmful then helpful and they shouldn’t be used as a tool even when controlled because fires harm a lot of people each year, controlled…

While wildfires have been around since the beginning of time, our encroachment into forested areas and dry locations such as southern California requires mitigation to reduce loss of lives and property damage. The most impactful thing I see the communities and individual owners do is vegetation management. There are multiple ways to fight overgrowth of vegetation; prescribed burning, chemical treatments, and mechanical treatments (San Diego County Wildland Fire Task Force Findings and…

Balsam Fir: The Balsam Fir is an average sized native evergreen tree. It can grow up 40 to 80 feet tall. These trees adapted to the taiga because they grow in acidic soil. Fireweed: The fireweed plants have adapted to become less affected by fires which makes it suitable for the taiga as wildfires are common in the taiga. They also have the ability to grow in all types of soils. Black Spruce: The Black Spruce is a tall tree. It can grow up to 25 meters tall. Douglas-Fir: Douglas-firs are very…

I believe that there should be prescribe fires. The reason why I believe there should be prescribe fires is because a bigger fire can eventually happen rather than just having prescribe fire that is under controlled. If there were not prescribe fires worse things will start to happen. Prescribe fires can protect the ecosystem in many different ways. Prescribe fires can also protect people by not being as many fires as there should be. Prescribe fires can also protect the ecosystem by protecting…

Wildfires are a dangerous threat, and these uncontrolled fires can become highly destructive if not prepared for. Wildfires can not only harm the environment, but can also harm us if they is not dealt with and spreads to human communities. Because of this, it is the job of firefighters to expunge wildfires before they become more destructive than they already are. However, simply expunging a wildfire after it starts isn't the best option to prevent them, since it leaves fuels (leaf litter and…

Ashley Perry October 10, 2015 Tuesday group 5 Literature Review and Critique Larson, Andrew J., R. Travis Belote, C. Alina Cansler, Sean A. Parks, and Matthew S. Dietz. "Latent Resilience in Ponderosa Pine Forest: Effects of Resumed Frequent Fire." Ecological Applications 23, no. 6 (2013): 1243-249. The article “Latent resilience in ponderosa pine forest: effects of resumed frequent fire” objective was to see the effects on the structure of the forest after a lightning-ignited fire. The…

why a controlled burn is beneficial and effective, this seems like a perfectly valid argument. The purpose of a controlled burn is to limit the amount of fuel in an area that an actual fire can consume. Wildfires can cost millions of dollars of damage and a controlled burn is a relatively cheap and simple way of preventing such destruction. A controlled burn helps the environment by preventing larger and more destructive forest fires from developing later. The issue people see with controlled…

I think prescribed burns are useful. They decrease the probability of uncontrollable devastation from wildfires, insects and invaders, and increase biodiversity. Thousands upon thousands of acres every year lost in forest fires once a year. we tend to always hear about the dramatic losses caused by forest fires and are usually involved by them. There ar such a big amount of alarming effects from fires and most of them have an effect on such a big amount of individuals. Studies have shown that…

Stop Wildfires Before They Start. Wildfires have different names, such as forest fires, bushfires, and unplanned fires, which occur across the globe. Wildfires are an uncontrolled fire in an area of combustible vegetation that occurs in the countryside area. Wildfires get pretty big in size and they can go at a very fast speed of fourteen miles per hour. Fire can change the speed and the direction at which it spreads out from its original source. It can be devastating because fire has the ability to…

The South Canyon Fire The South Canyon fire was a major fire that occurred on July 2, 1994, seven miles from a town in Colorado named Glenwood Springs. The fire was on Storm King Mountain and burned about 2,115 acres of land and took 14 lives with it. Some major causes of the fire were high temperatures, droughts throughout that year, and low humidity. This fire caused many families and friends to lose loved ones and changed the way firefighters today fight fires. The fire on Storm King mountain…