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Lawmakers demand answers after we revealed Forest Service spraying Roundup all over public lands
(www.motherjones.com)
this post was submitted on 10 Jun 2026
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If the conifer trees are so prone to fire damage that they require millions of acres of glyphosate to help them recover, maybe it's time to let more fire-hardy species replenish instead.
The area has historically been populated by fire-hardy species in the past. Why not return it to a more natural cycle, especially now that it's being exacerbated by increasingly erratic weather systems?
*Edit: I just checked, and...Oh no... the conifers are the fire-hardy species. They've been in California surviving fire cycles for 50 million years.
A diversity of species isn't the only thing that leads to fire prevention, what is also required is a diversity of age in trees. A stand of the same species of tree at the exact same age is vulnerable to everything including forest fires, it is the maximally unstable position to place a forest in.
That further reinforces the complexity of intervention strategies, rather than just spraying glyphosate on everything...
agreed