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Also fire suppression. That's become a bit of a problem, as the forests are a lot more flammable now than they were historically.
by elihu 8y ago
Also fire suppression. That's become a bit of a problem, as the forests are a lot more flammable now than they were historically.
- mc32 8y agoWhile you bring up an important forestry mgmt issue (overgrowth of underbrush) I don’t think they count individual trees but rather surface area coverage.
- Amezarak 8y agoThat really depends on the state/region. You can see in this [1] report that states like Florida and Georgia are burning millions of acres a year in prescribed burns, while California burns a few ten thousand. [1] http://www.stateforesters.org/sites/default/files/publication-documents/2015%20Prescribed%20Fire%20Use%20Survey%20Report.pdf http://www.stateforesters.org/sites/default/files/publicatio...