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at140

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1. Forests need better management?

Reply to hlthe2b (Original post)

Wed Sep 23, 2020, 07:04 AM

Sep 2020

I have no experience in forest management, but a house near me went up in flames due to a cigarette butt thrown in dead and dry grass around the house. Dead grass and leaves allowed to remain and accumulate is a fire hazard.

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Waking up with windows open to the nauseating smell of smoke: My daily reminder of how horrific 2020 [View all] hlthe2b Sep 2020 OP

Forests need better management? at140 Sep 2020 #1

Brush fires are not forest fires. haele Sep 2020 #2

I want all forests crisscrossed with swaths of clearing at140 Sep 2020 #3

?????. Forest fires are a natural method of self-control. haele Sep 2020 #4

I did not make my point crystal clear, no wonder you did not understand at140 Sep 2020 #5