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East of Broken Bow | I agree. We started doing controlled burns here maybe 8-10 years ago to reduce invasive plants (cedar trees mostly), and after a few years, we noticed that range fires weren't nearly the danger they used to be, for several reasons.
First, and most obvious would be the reduced fuel load from old, dead trees. But, there are also other reasons, like established permanent fire break areas, where one can go to, to start a back fire, and road/trail maintenance, which allows for better, faster access for firefighting crews. Also, with fire being seen as a natural force of nature, and not something that needs to be quelled immediately, fires are often left to burn (in uninhabited areas) to an existing fire break, like a road, or RR tracks, etc, reducing the fuel load immensely in the burned area. | |
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California wild fires caused by global warming
