How a century-old policy has worsened America’s wildfires

Devastating wildfires are partly a result of a national policy that for many years suppressed fires in America’s forests, leading to more dead trees and brush. CBS News environmental correspondent David Schechter reports today’s hotter temperatures, due to climate change, leave the forest highly flammable. #climatechange #environment #forestfire CBS News Streaming Network is the premier 24/7 anchored streaming news service from CBS News and Stations, available free to everyone with access to the Internet. The CBS News Streaming Network is your destination for breaking news, live events and original reporting locally, nationally and around the globe. Launched in November 2014 as CBSN, the CBS News Streaming Network is available live in 91 countries and on 30 digital platforms and apps, as well as on and Paramount . Subscribe to the CBS News YouTube channel: Watch CBS News: Download the CBS News app: