The best use of California’s dead trees: Leave them in the mountains

Science refutes virtually every claim in Jacques Leslie’s ode to logging. Dead trees, which Leslie would have removed from the Sierra Nevada and used for energy, don’t make wildfires worse; in fact, they can slow hot fires moving through the forest canopy. High-severity fire isn’t “catastrophic”; it’s natural and critical to forest regeneration. (“A beneficial way to dispose of the Sierra’s lost trees: Use them for energy,” Opinion, March 17)

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