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From KQED.

From KQED, I'm Michael KVRasney.

President Trump and Governor Newsom met yesterday to talk about the root causes of California's wildfires.

Newsom said climate change is the biggest factor, Trump blamed poor forest management, totally dismissing the role of climate.

While the president is wrong about climate change, it is true that forest management has a role to play.

This hour, we're going to talk about prescribed burns and how landowners and public agencies can better manage our forests and open spaces so that when fires inevitably come,

they don't do as much damage. How controlled burns can rain in fires and prevent them from

destroying so many homes and lives? That's all next after this news.

Welcome to this morning's forum. I'm Michael Krasny. We're going to talk this hour about how to keep California's forests healthy and reduced fires,

and wildfires certainly seem to be getting bigger, more frequent, and more dangerous.

Experts say that won't change this season or next unless the state and federal government

spend billions of dollars more on thinning forests and making California communities more resilient to fire.

That would mean a big shift for foresters and firefighters who have spent the past century

working to preserve timber and beating back the flames.

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