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Lawmakers demand answers after we revealed Forest Service spraying Roundup all over public lands
(www.motherjones.com)
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.