Such a beautiful article and really covers the root of the issue. I know we skim a lot of articles but this one really deserves to be read in full. The issue being that natural fires have been suppressed for so long that when they do burn there is so much fuel available that they get way hotter than is natural and end up sterilizing the soil so nothing grows for years. Prescribed burns and thinning are the answer to…
I've hiked forested areas in California that haven't seen fire in 120 years. The forest is NOT healthy, it feels choked and cluttered. Gives off a creepy feeling like I'm hiking inside a barrel of TNT.