Rocky Mountain National Park, September 1, 2009 – This fire was a planned, controlled burn used to manage the flammable material loading of the forest.
Controlled burn.
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Rocky Mountain National Park, September 1, 2009 – This fire was a planned, controlled burn used to manage the flammable material loading of the forest.
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Very important work.
It is. Unfortunately, for all too long, the mantra of our forest and park services was to “prevent fires” at all costs, not recognizing that fires can be beneficial to the forest ecosystem.
The Aboriginal people in Australia say that the vegetation and trees should actually be allowed to burn about every seven years and nature will look after the restocking. It did after those major fires a couple of years ago.
“Numerous historical records from across all of North America show that Native Americans burned forests and grasslands frequently. These common annual fires were not destructive in the modern sense, but were set to control the growth of brush and thick vegetation that hindered travel and made hunting difficult. ” – Ohio Prairie Association: http://www.ohioprairie.org/id30.htm
I’ve seen a number of references to this practice over the years.
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