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   From: pothead@snakebite.com   
      
   On 2024-08-06, rbowman  wrote:   
   > On Mon, 5 Aug 2024 17:26:48 -0600, Lucas McCain wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 8/5/2024 12:00 PM, Oooter wrote:   
   >>> I hear if they rake the forest floor, the fires will go away.   
   >>   
   >> Your opinion is noted.  Meanwhile, back on topic:   
   >   
   > Removing debris from the understory can lessen the possibility or impact   
   > of wildfire. After 50 years or so of fire suppression fuel has had a   
   > chance to build up. Several of the forests around here have been thinned   
   > to restore them to the parklike appearance of a healthy ponderosa pine/   
   > douglas fir forest.   
   >   
   > I suppose for a New York City boy that isn't a forester 'raking' is pretty   
   > damn close to the process employed.   
   >   
   >   
   Where I live they rake and remove brush every year for the purpose of   
   minimizing wildfires.   
   It's just one of many techniques used to keep things under control.   
      
      
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