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Yes, in the Wilamette Valley the indigenous folks maintained Gary Oaks and prevented other trees from growing there. This was open oak savannah, and when the se
by forestrywat 2mo ago
Yes, in the Wilamette Valley the indigenous folks maintained Gary Oaks and prevented other trees from growing there. This was open oak savannah, and when the settlers came in they took the land and turned it to agricultural land. What they couldn't plant on, they ignored, and other tree species moved in to land that was previously managed to grow Gary oaks.
I'm a PNW native, you don't need to tell me about the small sliver of old growth we still have in the Olympics.
- cyberax 2mo ago> Yes, in the Wilamette Valley the indigenous folks maintained Gary Oaks and prevented other trees from growing there. Yes, and that's a fancy way of saying "used periodic burns" to remove the vegetation to make the land more hospitable for grazers. Meaning more animals to hunt, this was arguably a form of agriculture and also served to reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfires. > I'm a PNW native, you don't need to tell me about the small sliver of old growth we still have in the Olympics. Then you should actually learn about the history, and not its Disneyified version.
- forestrywat 2mo agoYou keep saying things that agree with me, smugly insisting I don't understand. You are very confusing to converse with.