Talk:Success of fire suppression in northern forests

The result of the Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Success of fire suppression in northern forests was to keep, but by a bare consensus. A lot of work needs to be done on this article, and will be tagged as such. Bearian 00:09, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

Some U. S. statistics can be found here: [1] The 1960-2006 data definitely shows an increase in wildfire acres burned. Curiously, there is an overall trend downward in the number of fires. This adds up to a large increase in acreage per fire. There is a change in the behavior of fires in the northern Rockies - They burn hotter, and move more quickly; they are literally wilder. Fire season now starts a month earlier in the spring, and runs a month later in the fall. Snowpack melts earlier, and the forests have much longer to dry out. [2] Bark beetles are spreading due to lack of cold winters, not just in B. C. and Alberta, but Idaho and Montana as well, not just in pine, but spruce and fir too.[3] (Mis)management of the forests is an issue, but effects of global warming is most likely greater. Sorting out the degree to which fire management practices are to blame poses a dilemma. I'm not sure this information helps this article, but I had the links and thought someone might find them interesting if not useful. Sagredo^Discussione? 05:36, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

It is not surprising that the acreage of fires has increased since 1960. In 1962 fire suppression policies began to change to fire management, influenced by the use of fire before the early 20th century. Wildland fire suppression#History in the United States -- SEWilco (talk) 02:34, 27 August 2008 (UTC)

Rework

Just a heads up to say I plan to fix the references and rework this page. I am also considering merging it into the Wildfire suppression article - it really depends what is left when I finish. --Errant Tmorton166^(Talk) 13:04, 3 July 2010 (UTC)