Forestry

From: J. Rodewald, Shaker High School, Latham, NY The New York Times posted a solid video clip on forest fires and forest fire management this past weekend. It does a nice job introducing the concepts and provides a good introduction to the dilemma of forest fire management. I’ve used this very scenario as an example of “unintended consequences” in the introductory materials for my APES courses. It then links this issue to the treats climate change is beginning to impose upon our Southwestern forests. Hope its helpful. []

I meant to add on this note that 60 Minutes did a good story on this issue as well in December, 2007. Both clips are similar in length and don’t eat up too much class time. []