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gristy

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3. there's a bit of truth in the need to "clean" the forest floors

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Sun Nov 3, 2019, 10:25 PM

Nov 2019

Before white man settled the west, and before white man started suppressing fires, fires used to keep the landscape in balance. The forest floor would be kept "clean" by the occasional fire that passed through. Trees would flourish above the occasional wildfire that passed through, and the burned groundcover would replenish the forest floor.

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Calif. governor hits back at Trump over wildfire criticism, threat to cut aid [View all] Eugene Nov 2019 OP

Gee... Newest Reality Nov 2019 #1

At the chopper trump called the CA governor " a child " lunasun Nov 2019 #2

there's a bit of truth in the need to "clean" the forest floors gristy Nov 2019 #3

And some plants have evolved to release their seeds *only* after a fire. eppur_se_muova Nov 2019 #4

There isn't a forest, per se, where it's burning in So Cal. It's chaparral, or people's yards. Shrike47 Nov 2019 #5