Redwood Carbon

The continuation of destructive forest management on public lands in California both increases wildfire intensity and decreases absorption of carbon*. Former Cal Fire director Richard Wilson says that agency has for decades failed to enforce the Forest Practices Act. Due to heaps of flammable slash, logged areas burn more intensely, increasing fire speed and reducing evacuation time. Not surprisingly, the insurance industry is calling for logging reforms. 

*40% of coastal forest carbon is stored in soils and roots; 95% of landslides are associated with abandoned logging roads.