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Go argue with historians, if you like: https://blog.history.in.gov/tag/forestry/ https://blog.history.in.gov/tag/forestry/
by titzer 6y ago
Go argue with historians, if you like: https://blog.history.in.gov/tag/forestry/ https://blog.history.in.gov/tag/forestry/
- bpodgursky 6y agoLike, I'm not saying wikipedia is an infallible source of truth, but I'm not exactly arguing for ancient aliens here: > In the Eastern Deciduous Forest, frequent fires kept open areas which supported herds of bison. A substantial portion of this forest was extensively burned by agricultural Native Americans. Annual burning created many large oaks and white pines with little understory.[10] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pre-Columbian_savannas_of_North_America https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pre-Columbian_savannas_of_Nort...
- pmayrgundter 6y agoIndiana is the beginning of the Eastern forests. Prairie starts in Illinois and extends over most of the Midwest and runs North/South along the Rockies well into Canada and down to Texas, New Mexico.. nice map: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tallgrass_prairie#/media/File%3AUnited_States_Prairies.svg https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tallgrass_prairie#/media/Fil...