I concur. Fire has its place. The issue Max points out is that by inhibiting the natural process of fires, in an attempt to save the pretty trees, the fuel load increases to the point that a forest that evolved to handle fires becomes one that is now killed by fires. The fuel load increases the intensity of the fire to the point that trees explode, instead of having their bark take the lesser fires it evolved with. SO a managed forest becomes an inferno instead of a place where fire culls the under story, allows for more light and the addition of useful carbon into the soil, while removing pests and providing fresh forage for residents. What the goobermint was trying to avoid becomes the reality.
clay On Jun 4, 2013, at 9:08 AM, Curt Raymond wrote: > "The sterilized ground left behind won't support much life at all for years" > Now Max that part just isn't true at all. The ground isn't sterilized and > life comes back almost immediately. There are even plants (mostly trees I > think) that REQUIRE fire before their seeds will open. > > Fire is natures forest refresher. > > -Curt > > Date: Mon, 03 Jun 2013 20:52:47 -0400 > From: Max <meadedil...@bellsouth.net> > To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] From wet to dry ... > Message-ID: <a310d15b-eee5-4b0c-9948-261a6c277...@email.android.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > 'Tis a real crime how the enviro-nazis have successfully halted management of > our federal forests, so now millions of acres burn every year. The resulting > forest fires not only destroy the trees so beloved by the tree-huggers, all > the animals are either killed or displaced. The sterilized ground left > behind won't support much life at all for years, and may take decades or > centuries to become a forest again. Dumps tons of carbon dioxide into the > atmosphere, but don't worry only the evil CO2 from burning fossil fuels > causes global warming... > -- > Max Dillon > Charleston, SC > '95 E300, '87 300TD, '73 Balboa 20 > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
