@[email protected] to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish • edit-24 months agoThe MAGA plan to stop forest fires: Remove the forest | Project 2025 plans to increase commercial logging to fight wildfires. Ecologists and fire experts say this will make fires worse.heated.worldmessage-square30fedilinkarrow-up1388
arrow-up1388external-linkThe MAGA plan to stop forest fires: Remove the forest | Project 2025 plans to increase commercial logging to fight wildfires. Ecologists and fire experts say this will make fires worse.heated.world@[email protected] to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish • edit-24 months agomessage-square30fedilink
minus-squareSemi-Hemi-LemmygodlinkfedilinkEnglish8•4 months agoPrior to 1492 natives kept the forest healthy through both those methods. When Europeans arrived they reported being able to ride through the forest at a full gallop which would be impossible because of the undergrowth today.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•4 months agoRelevant PBS Origins video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXJ4Ldy-hLQ
Prior to 1492 natives kept the forest healthy through both those methods. When Europeans arrived they reported being able to ride through the forest at a full gallop which would be impossible because of the undergrowth today.
Relevant PBS Origins video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXJ4Ldy-hLQ