Wednesday, July 26, 2023

Forest Fire Festival 2023

Each year the US West Coast hosts the Annual Forest Fire Festival followed by the Annual Mud Slide Festival.  The East Coast forests are largely owned by individuals and corporations, so they don’t have forest fires. West coast forests are largely owned by the US Federal Government and the Interior Department fails to manage the forests to prevent forest fires.

Fires are reported from January 1 to July 25 for 2019 to 2022

Year   # Fires  #Acres

2022      0        5578815

2021    36476  2770454

2020   30316   1930420

2019   24809   3419295  

National Fire News | National Interagency Fire Center (nifc.gov)

 

Canada joined the Forest Fire Festival in 2023 with 4285 fires covering 10971638 acres

https://cwfis.cfs.nrcan.gc.ca/report

 

Previous Reports

US From 1/1/21 to 8/1/21

Year   Fires      Acres

2021   39593    3701807

2020   not reported

2019   28821    3607157

2018   39868    5582506

2017   41096    6098316

2016   36611    3616320

2015   37894    6224545

2014   35429    2435472

2013   29615    2694115

2012   39445    5047443

2011   47298    6328442 

US 10 Year Average

Years          Fires     Acres

2011-2020  37052   4394739

Fires from 1/1/21 to 8/1/21

                   Fires     Acres

US Fires     39593   3701807 

State         Fires       Acres       New   Contained

Alaska        10          121,785       0        0

Arizona        1                 262        0        0

California    11          775,643       0        0

Colorado      1              3,792       0        0

Idaho          20          250,386       0        0

Minnesota    1                 265       0        0

Montana     24          329,293       2       1

Nebraska     1               6,000       0       0

Nevada        1             68,663       0       0

New Mexico 1                 900        0       0

Oregon       17          591,990        2       1

S Dakota      1                 401        0       0

Utah             1                 509        0       0

Washington 15         248,294        0       0

Wyoming       3           13,159        0       0

https://www.nifc.gov/fire-information/nfn

Comments

US Forest Land needs to be returned to the States to allow them to sell forest land and grazing land to individual families and corporations. The US Congress needs submit the Constitutional Amendment to retain federal ownership of land and buildings except for military bases and land used to house federal agencies to the States for ratification to clean up this unconstitutional infraction that dates back to 1872. States would not ratify this Amendment.

Norb Leahy Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader

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