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hunter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-05-09 10:52 AM
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7. I imagine the Native Americans had very effective fire maintenance stratagies.
They'd set countless smaller fires at appropriate times rather than wait for giant fires at inappropriate times.

European invaders dismissed and threw away thousands of years of practical experience.
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  -Large Fires Natural and Inevitable in Southern California tabatha  Sep-05-09 09:54 AM   #0 
  - Arson suspect??  Fotoware58   Sep-05-09 09:58 AM   #1 
  - There are no pesky trees in chaparral - just shrubs.  tabatha   Sep-05-09 10:04 AM   #2 
     - I wonder...  Fotoware58   Sep-05-09 10:14 AM   #3 
        - Angeles National FOREST  tabatha   Sep-05-09 10:15 AM   #4 
           - Trees come in many different shapes and sizes  Fotoware58   Sep-05-09 10:23 AM   #5 
              - Chaparral by all accounts from multiple sources  tabatha   Sep-05-09 10:28 AM   #6 
                 - Looks like trees to me!!  Fotoware58   Sep-05-09 12:12 PM   #12 
                    - Of course you are going to have trees at higher elevations.  tabatha   Sep-05-09 12:51 PM   #13 
                    - I guess you don't live around here.  Wilms   Sep-05-09 12:56 PM   #15 
                       - Actually, I do.  tabatha   Sep-06-09 09:15 AM   #19 
  - I imagine the Native Americans had very effective fire maintenance stratagies.  hunter   Sep-05-09 10:52 AM   #7 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Sep-05-09 11:24 AM   #8 
  - As opposed to Republicans who wipe out everything by... wiping it out?  villager   Sep-05-09 11:30 AM   #9 
  - So the fires are Democrats' fault???  Jeep789   Sep-05-09 11:57 AM   #10 
     - I blame BOTH parties  Fotoware58   Sep-05-09 12:02 PM   #11 
        - Then why did you only say Democrats?  Jeep789   Sep-05-09 02:09 PM   #16 
        - Teabaggers are the science illiterates - just ask them about global change and stratospheric  jpak   Sep-05-09 02:17 PM   #17 
  - Most of the fires today are as a result of the actions  tabatha   Sep-05-09 12:53 PM   #14 
     - The Native Americans basically burned everything that would burn.  hunter   Sep-05-09 04:02 PM   #18 
        - And that is why non-native grasses  tabatha   Sep-06-09 09:17 AM   #20 
        - Thanks for that link.  tabatha   Sep-06-09 09:39 AM   #21 
  - A relatively easy way to prevent these kinds of fires.  wtmusic   Sep-06-09 09:48 AM   #22 
  - I've been wondering about the fire-breaks in ANF.  bemildred   Sep-06-09 10:18 AM   #23 
 

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