Well there have been a few wet years leading up to the recent draught. During the wet years the fuel load flourished, not the trees but the underbrush in the f

Well there have been a few wet years leading up to the recent draught. During the wet years the fuel load flourished, not the trees but the underbrush in the forests. During the dry years that added fuel load leads to the conditions we saw the last few years with the kinds of wild fires that are quite devastating to the trees.