How the Forest Service Inflated Wildfire Numbers
August 21, 2025
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as posted by the channelDid you know? For decades, the Forest Service counted prescribed burns as wildfires.
Southern landowners saw controlled burning every 4–5 years as essential to prevent catastrophic fires… but the agency’s reporting lumped them all together.
The result? Wildfire stats were massively inflated—all to protect funding and messaging.
#Wildfires #Forests #PrescribedBurns #HiddenHistory #FireScience #CriticalThinking #RandallCarlson
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