Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,alt.comp.os.windows-11 Subject: Re: Forests... Date: 15 Dec 2025 18:59:24 GMT Lines: 56 Message-ID: References: <106mke5$1di32$1@dont-email.me> <10gugbh$19phl$1@dont-email.me> <10gulau$1c5u8$1@dont-email.me> <10h14vm$2caj1$1@dont-email.me> <10h3tc7$3elsi$1@dont-email.me> <10h4eqq$3khj5$1@dont-email.me> <10h4l1m$3mik2$1@dont-email.me> <10h9gr2$tuo4$1@dont-email.me> <10hb0cd$1a5kd$1@dont-email.me> <10hbkqn$1di3b$21@dont-email.me> <10hbo42$1fjnp$7@dont-email.me> <10hjfof$3ukif$1@dont-email.me> <10ho1lv$1ktlf$1@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net 13oVBUsqoKzMUFWI9E4KQQbyknWkiPSQrqUHuH1GX+yCKHX+0f Cancel-Lock: sha1:pqJA6uiGPHVf8cNguqaPZ4jtBpM= sha256:CmiGwwXfDAHYFj8s8wgtP/9zGmYr6VGvwRVpgxGc1bc= User-Agent: Pan/0.162 (Pokrosvk) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:79189 alt.comp.os.windows-11:28500 On Sun, 14 Dec 2025 23:09:36 -0500, Paul wrote: > In Canada, we use "proscribed burns" to edit the forest. And these days, > the conditions in the forest are not always suitable for this. In the > old days, > a proscribed burn was done in the knowledge it wasn't going to burn into > the roots. It would clear undergrowth, the trees would be killed, but > the seed sitting on the ground, would re-seed the recovery of the > forested section. You would not even need to go in and plant saplings. Then there are the controlled burns that turn out to be not so controlled :) > Nobody would ever for a moment, contemplate being on the ground with a > rake, or a chainsaw editing saplings. That's totally unrealistic. You > would process 0.01% of the land mass every year. What an accomplishment. > Maybe we could throw a million refrigerators in the arctic ocean while > we are at it. Let your imagination run away with you. > https://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee127/leeha1959/ HomeliteSuperWiz66003.jpg Brush bows are fun! There have been some areas here that had commercial thinning that involved a lot of hands on work, but they were limited in size and in recreational sites. There are many tracts that have accumulated a lot of fuel after years of fire suppression but I think they're a bit afraid to light them off. Trying to control them would be miserable. I have spent some time in the forest with a rake: https://www.allhandsfire.com/Mcloud-Tool-Wood and I still have a Pulaski: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulaski_(tool) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Edward_Pulaski_Tunnel_and_Placer_Creek_Escape_Route I've been on that trail. There are quite a few mines like that that never paid out and were abandoned and Pulaski was lucky to know about that one. Still, it takes a lot of self control to shelter in a mine and hope for the best, but it's better than climbing into a Shaken'Bake I guess.