Industry managed forests more likely to fuel megafires

A new study published in the journal Global Change Biology by researchers at the University of Utah, University of California, Berkeley, and the U.S. Forest Service shows that the odds of a high-severity wildfire were nearly one-and-a-half times higher on industrial private land, such as commercial forests, than on publicly owned forests.

Industry managed forests more likely to fuel megafires

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