• bluGill@fedia.io
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    3 days ago

    Many of those forests need to burn regularly. Check with a qualified forester for your area but often the forest needs to burn so who cares.

    • Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      3 days ago

      Fire isn’t needed at any intensity at any time of year, every year. Fire adapted plants can be and are getting over-burned by fires that are getting more intense (less rain, more heat). This is exacerbated by non-native plants (especially grasses and eucalyptus) that outcompete the native plants and are then extra vulnerable to fire.