In college, I volunteered with a wildlife club where we burned open range. It was hot tiring work, and you were usually in for a lot longer shift than you volun

In college, I volunteered with a wildlife club where we burned open range. It was hot tiring work, and you were usually in for a lot longer shift than you volunteered for. Talking with the biology and environmental professors, I learned a lot this is one of the most important aspects of environmental preservation. The primary reason is it removes invasive species and leaves the native ones to carbon fixate. The native species have evolved eons ago to deal with wildfires, where as invasive ones have not. The invasive specifies drive off native ones, decreasing the entire biomass of the ecosystem. By taking a small temporary hit in emissions, you end up creating a flora of grasses to absorb more carbon. And that doesn't speak to the native animal and insect species that rely on the same natural cycle.