One paragraph of this, in particular, was a revelation: "The science of forestry grew up in temperate Europe — France and Germany particularly — and there, unl

One paragraph of this, in particular, was a revelation: "The science of forestry grew up in temperate Europe — France and Germany particularly — and there, unlike most parts of the world, there's no natural basis for fire. Fire was seen as a human problem, caused by people, and that attitude was exported to foresters in the United States."