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Wilder than Wild: Fire, Forests, and the Future

Explores the impact of the recent mega-fires that have destroyed hundreds of thousands of acres of forest in California. The film presents thoughtful profiles of the U.S. Forest Service and the U.S. Park Service, groups that are often interchangeable in the public’s view, but which are charged with quite different missions. In recent years, the U.S. Forest Service has transitioned from viewing fire as a threat to commodities (i.e., trees) to adopting controlled burn policies in order to protect greater tracts of forested land. Yet the film describes how even controlled burning – with its potential to limit the size of future fires by decreasing fuel – releases carbon into the atmosphere and contributes to global warming.