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Re:The Perverse Policies That Fuel Wildfires by andrei_says_ on Tuesday February 06, 2024 @04:01PM (#39280538)
Going back in time and not clear cutting all old forest on a whole continent would be a big improvement, too.

The new growth is much more likely to be devastated by fires. Trees are smaller, branches are lower, brush is thicker etc.

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Re:The Perverse Policies That Fuel Wildfires by plorg on Tuesday February 06, 2024 @05:32PM (#39281750)
And in many places the trees that grow back are not the same species that were cut to begin with, and don't necessarily function in the same fire ecology, either because they have evolutionary advantages in clean cut environments or because they were planted for their supposely greater economic value.
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