American Forest Fires: The Untold Story
Are government policies and bureaucracy the REAL fire starters in America? Are answers to a major crisis staring us in the face? Learn what brought us to this point, and the innovative solutions which could keep disaster from setting nature ablaze.
- 2022-2022
- 1 season
- EarthxTV
- News
Are government policies and bureaucracy the REAL fire starters in America? Are answers to a major crisis staring us in the face? Learn what brought us to this point, and the innovative solutions which could keep disaster from setting nature ablaze.
Season 1 Episode Guide
4 Episodes 2022
Episode 1
Burning Down the House
Sat, Oct 22, 2022
Episode 1: Early history of fighting forest fires and the Forestry Service (and how it conflicts with Indigenous policies and practices) help paint the current picture. And that picture isn't pretty.
Episode 2
Jump Into the Fire
Sat, Oct 22, 2022
Episode 2: More history of fighting forest fires and how it changed the American geographical landscape (topography). Fire fighting, (and the people who do it) by land, sea, and air is highlighted.
Episode 3
Smoke On the Water
Sat, Nov 5, 2022
Episode 3: Brief historical background of fighting forest fires while creating bad policies and bad practices is highlighted. The differences between federal land and private land management is night and day.
Episode 4
Burn Down the Mission (And Build It Better)
Sat, Nov 12, 2022
Episode 4: Latest history on the "how" and "where" US policies have lead us - which is a dead end. Let's fix the problems- and steer away from a "Fire Industrial Complex"- and into better practices (with the US Forestry Service) for fighting fires.