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Well De,
So far I can't find anybody actually using rakes to prevent forest fires. . . .
(And a lot of articles about folks laughing at Trump
for suggesting the forests need raking.)
But this site does talk about ways to reduce the probability of catastrophic
forest fires. And it starts by pointing out how aggressively fighting the
forest fires in the 20th century and NOT removing the fuels that feed such
fires has led to what California is now experiencing.
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Can we reduce the risk of megafires through forest management?
For the majority of the 20th century the Forest Service had a policy of suppressing any sort of wildfire, including low intensity ground fire. Because of this there became a large buildup of small trees, shrubs, and debris. This resulted in a large build up of ground fuels and unhealthy trees that were weakened by overpopulation.As a result there is a ridiculous amount of unhealthy acres of forest, so a fire that in the past would have been a low intensity fire regime with a minimal amount of ladder fuels is today a potentially dangerous and extremely high severity fire. Now we are forced to deal with the issue of what to do with these overpopulated and unhealthy forests. On this page you will find information about how to reduce the risk of fires by using various forest management techniques such as: reducing surface fuels, increasing the height to the base of tree crowns, increasing spacing between tree crowns, keeping larger trees of more fire-resistant species, and more.
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(Article does continue. Zim.)
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