One thing about prescribed burns in this situation is that they don't apply. What is burning now is mostly chaparral which evolved under periodic fires. It is essentially brush that grows for four or five years before a fire comes through and then the process starts all over again assuming that the fires don't become too frequent. When t…
One thing about prescribed burns in this situation is that they don't apply. What is burning now is mostly chaparral which evolved under periodic fires. It is essentially brush that grows for four or five years before a fire comes through and then the process starts all over again assuming that the fires don't become too frequent. When that happens, then some of the species of plants become extinct or at least very rare.
Prescribed burning in CA would be to reduce the underbrush in tree forests where the ground fire isn't tall enough to reach the tree crown. In tall or short grass prairie like in TX, prescribed burning is supposed to eliminate the mesquite and allow the grass to regrow.
One thing about prescribed burns in this situation is that they don't apply. What is burning now is mostly chaparral which evolved under periodic fires. It is essentially brush that grows for four or five years before a fire comes through and then the process starts all over again assuming that the fires don't become too frequent. When that happens, then some of the species of plants become extinct or at least very rare.
Prescribed burning in CA would be to reduce the underbrush in tree forests where the ground fire isn't tall enough to reach the tree crown. In tall or short grass prairie like in TX, prescribed burning is supposed to eliminate the mesquite and allow the grass to regrow.