The American Indians would do burns each year to clear out the undergrowth to help with grazing and hunting. When the Feds took over they stopped the burns and what happened was heavy deadwood build up. When a fire did start it was much more destructive than before, the deadwood would take out the mature trees. BLM has never known crap about managing land forest or otherwise. A few years back they decided to start clearing the deadwood and use controlled burns to see what happened. The pilgrims found the woods the Indians managed were park-like and were surprised.
The BLM routinely loses control of backfires that they set. Some of these fires destroy tens of thousands of acres. Nobody loses their job or goes to jail. The Hammonds lost control of a backfire that destroyed 167 acres.
“The American Indians would do burns each year to clear out the undergrowth to help with grazing and hunting.”
They weren’t that smart. They used the burns for hunting
during droughts when food was scarce. Sorta like a Seine net
is used for fishing. They could have cared less about the
land. The biggest reason they were nomadic is because they
would foul the land around them so bad they had to move.
Just like modern day liberals. To much credit is given
to the civility and humanity of the American Indian,
especially the central and western cultures. Put plain
and simple, they were savages.