
West Coast Wildfires Worse Due to Population Growth
Volume 52, Issue 4
December 2020
The Bobcat Fire burns through Angeles National Forest on September 11, 2020, north of Monrovia, California. California wildfires have already incinerated a record 2.3 million acres this year and are expected to continue until December. The Bobcat Fire has grown to more than 26,000 acres.
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“The populations within these wildfire regimes are increasing so rapidly that forest management becomes almost impossible."Zachary Zobel, a climate scientist who studies wildfires at the Woodwell Climate Research Center
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The Bobcat Fire burns through Angeles National Forest on September 11, 2020, north of Monrovia, California. California wildfires have already incinerated a record 2.3 million acres this year and are expected to continue until December. The Bobcat Fire has grown to more than 26,000 acres. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)
Young Activists and Environmental Activists Want Population Stabilization
We commissioned the highly regarded firm Lake Research Partners to conduct two national surveys this past summer. We sought to determine how 18–35-year-old progressive activists and environmental activists of all ages view the population issue.
The results were quite encouraging and may help dispel the myth that people these days don’t care about population growth. With today’s endless torrent of news and information (and misinformation), it’s good to know that engaged citizens want to take action on behalf of population stabilization.
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