Solving the megafire crisis of the 21st Century is going to require coordination between the diverse groups of forest stakeholders in the Pacific Northwest. There are 10 million acres of forestland in eastern Washington, and 3 million of these forested areas are significantly overstocked, with an imminent risk of a high-severity fire or insect outbreak occurring. Climate change, and the probability of a dry summer and extended fire season, is increasing the risk of a major forest health disaster.

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When I am among the trees,
especially the willows and the honey locust,
equally the beech, the oaks and the pines,
they give off such hints of gladness.
I would almost say that they save me, and daily.
I am so distant from the hope of myself,
in which I have goodness, and discernment,
and never hurry through the world
but walk slowly, and bow often.
Around me the trees stir in their leaves and call out, “Stay awhile.”
The light flows from their branches.
And they call again, “It’s simple,” they say,
“and you too have come
into the world to do this, to go easy, to be filled
with light, and to shine.”