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> You don't need to do a controlled burn if the wildfire already did one for you. That seems to get cause and effect backwards. Had California done more contro
by josephcsible 3y ago
> You don't need to do a controlled burn if the wildfire already did one for you.
That seems to get cause and effect backwards. Had California done more controlled burns, then they wouldn't have had nearly as many disastrous wildfires.
- labster 3y agoCalifornia would still have lots of disastrous wildfires regardless of controlled burns, because the chaparral ecosystem is spark-limited, not fuel-limited. Unless you limit your comments to forest ecosystems, which is only half the story, and very little of the urban-wildland interface.
- adastra22 3y agoMost of the recent wildfires have been due to arson.
- makeitshine 3y agoYet the rapid spread and destruction is often from build up of undergrowth.