State of US Forests

The Matt Townsend Show - Season 6, Episode 167 , Segment 3

Logic To Persuade Others, Power of an Image, US Forests

Episode: Logic To Persuade Others, Power of an Image, US Forests

Jul 15, 2017 4:00 pm
30:02 mins

Thomas Straka, Ph. D., a professor of forestry at Clemson University in South Carolina. Utah’s Brian Head forest fire, once the biggest in the country, burned over 72 thousand acres of land and forest. Currently, crews are still wrapping up and working on containment lines. This brings the question: How much value do US forest contribute to our country? The government is exploring cost cutting measures that may affect the national forest service. Thomas Straka explains the current state of US forests.