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Re:To manage wildfire, California looks to what tribes have ... by option on Saturday September 12, 2020 @02:50AM (#24450427)
no we didn’t get lucky. We started fighting fires which used to occur naturally. That leads to accumulation of unhealthy forest growth which eventually burns in a big way (now).

And of course other effects like PG&E not maintaining their grid => unnecessary fires; more people live in forests => more deadly/damaging fires; etc.

As usual, looking at data and scientific consensus will help, I just hope we start doing so sooner, rather than later

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Re:To manage wildfire, California looks to what tribes have ... by cubictoaster on Saturday September 12, 2020 @03:11AM (#24450524)
Didn't you say we started fighting fires right after the gold rush?

You'd expect maybe after 30 or 40 years in 1900, we would have seen the massive statewide fires like we have now.

But I find it hard to believe we have to wait all the way until 2017 to see the results of "fighting fires"

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