Timber Wars

Reveal

The Center for Investigative Reporting and PRX

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4.7 • 8K Ratings

🗓️ 10 July 2021

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Thirty years ago, activists and scientists turned a fight over the spotted owl and ancient trees into one of the biggest environmental conflicts of the century. The process transformed the way we see – and fight over – the natural world.

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0:00.0	Hey, it's Alan. I hope 2022 has been a good year for you. But to be honest, it's been a tough one for us.
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1:02.0	From the Center for Investigative Reporting in PRX, this is reveal. I'm Alan Zah.
1:08.0	The wildfire season started early this year, which has people worried that it could be as bad as last year.
1:15.0	And for people like me who live on the west coast, let's terrifying.
1:19.0	Because last year's wildfire season was horrific.
1:23.0	Dim orange skies, air that was dangerous to breathe, and ash falling from above for weeks on end.
1:31.0	Not to mention the actual fires themselves.
1:35.0	Here in California, more than four million acres, an area bigger than Connecticut, were incinerated.
1:42.0	There were record-setting fires all over the west. This is Oregon Governor Cape Brown on CBS's Face the Nation.
1:50.0	Every year for the last 10 years, we burn about 500,000 acres. This year, this week alone, we burned over a million acres of beautiful Oregon.
2:01.0	When the governor talks about beautiful Oregon, she's talking about places like Mill City in the western foothills of the Cascade Mountains.
2:10.0	It's surrounded by towering forests.
2:13.0	I want to say about 9.30, 10 o'clock at night, I started here in our fire whistle blow off in town.
2:21.0	Tim Kirsch is the mayor of Mill City.
2:24.0	I'm telling people they're in their driveways, need to back up and go, or at least be ready to go and just, you know, in an instant.
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