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profdant139
Explorer II
Sep 04, 2019

Seeking expert opinion: thinning vs prescribed burns

Almost all of us on this forum are avid users of the national forests. Some of us favor extensive logging. Some of us don't want the forest altered in any way. I understand both of those positions....
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enblethen
Nomad
Sep 04, 2019
It takes thinning, controled burns and cleaning up of some of the downed trees.
By cleaning low brush and downed trees along the roads, it prevents many man-made fires.

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