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RE: From flame and ash - the recovery of a fynbos field site
Super cool! It just goes to show that adaptations to fire are common in Earth's ecosystems, and gives us even more reason to condemn US wildfire management policy over the 20th century.
What do you mean with the wildlife policy over there? 🙂
US policy for most of the 20th century was to attempt to prevent/stop literally all forest fires, which led to massive buildups of underbrush, dead trees, and other fire hazards that are contributing to our current severe fire hazards. It also damaged ecosystems that had evolved to function with regular fires as part of their life cycles.
Ah ok. So do they do more controlled burns now?