From the sky, you can see a bigger picture of the health of a forest. In some areas, dead timber spans the mountainside.
In some areas, dead timber spans the mountainside. There is new growth popping up in other areas where crews have worked to improve forest health and prevent catastrophic wildfires.
"It’s one of the things we should be really proud of. Sometimes we knock the federal government," Gov. Cox said."This is where the federal and state governments and local governments and private property owners have been working very closely together to reduce the risk of wildfire, to improve wildlife habitation, to improve grazing, to improve water quality. It really is incredible what we are able to do when we put our minds together and use the science behind forest restoration.
"We have a common goal in mind and the common goal is healthy forests," Commissioner Pearson told FOX 13 News."A healthy forest provides a clean watershed, a healthy watershed, protects private property and in general, it just makes a beautiful public landscape.
"After 10 years, we can show that it is working. Now we have other states that are interested," the governor told FOX 13 News."In fact, some blue states like California and others who have had catastrophic wildfires."
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