Fires (soapbox)
With the multitude of fires going on in California, you'd think people would wise up - we need to reduce the fuel load in our forests and grasslands and allow people to manage (not destroy, manage) our forests and grasslands. Prescribed grazing of grasslands and forest understory by cattle, sheep, and goats (on top of that done by native ruminants) can reduce fuel load, help control non-native vegetation, and prevent devastating wildfires. On top of that, Illegal cultivation of marijuana in California's forest lands has been a significant problem for several years, prompting federal and local agencies to step up eradication efforts, Turner said. and what better to keep an eye on our wildlands than have folks, cowboys and shepards, out on the land (not just on hiking trails) keeping an eye on it? Please, allow stewards of the land to be stewards of the land!