FORESTRY IN PICTURES

from Forestry and Timber News December 2019

TIMBER TRANSPORT

Every year, wildfi res destroy vast areas of semi-arid regions. As of early November 2019, over 100,000 hectares of land were burn in California alone, according to Cal Fire and the US Forest Service. This summer, the Guardian reported that “Spain battled biggest wildfi res in 20 years immense amounts of forest to fi re each year. Higher than average temperatures and periods of drought are increasingly causing wildfi res in the UK as well. On page 60, Rab Easton advises the forestry sector on how machinery can be adapted to allow for a quick response in case of wild fi res. The photo shows a group of fi refi ghters performing a burn out operation in a shaded fuelbreak at Kenai National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska. Over fi ve days, the fi re grew to over 80,000ha. Pre-constructed fuelbreaks provided an opportunity for fi refi ghters to successfully defend. Source: Flickr, US Fish & Wildlife Service Want to see your picture here?

Forestry in Pictures is a regular feature in FTN. For every issue, we select the most impacting photograph sent by a reader. If you have a photo you would like to see published here, please send your fi le to Stefanie.kaiser@confor. org. Please include your name, brief description of yourself and the picture and a credit. Photos should relate to forestry and timber and be of high-quality (minimum resolution 300dpi). Exceptional pictures might be considered for the front cover of a future FTN issue. By submitting a picture to Forestry in Pictures you give Confor permission to use the fi le for non-commercial purposes in Forestry and Timber News or the Confor website. Photos will always be credited.

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