>What seems to have changed is the need to clear brush. Controlled burns were definitely a thing when I was growing up. https://education.nationalgeographic.o

>What seems to have changed is the need to clear brush. Controlled burns were definitely a thing when I was growing up. https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/controlled-burning/ https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/controlled... Even the natives did it before the Europeans even got here. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controlled_burn https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controlled_burn