Trump hammered for California wildfire claims – but Gov. Brown has also backed new forest management measures
Under Brown’s proposal – which was supported by the logging industry in the state but opposed by more than a dozen environmental groups – landowners would be permitted to cut trees up to 36 inches in diameter, a jump from the current 26 inches, on properties that are 300 acres or less without getting a timber harvest permit and would also be able to build roads up to 600 feet long. The landowners must also prove that the intent for both cutting down trees and building the roads was to thin forests to reduce fire risk.