You’ve got an ecosystem that has evolved/developed for large infrequent burns, and you kill 90% of it.
Here in Ontario we get fires, then you see blueberry bushes pop up and take advantage of all that sunlight. They grow quick, with some grasses. The soil clears up and animals come in and then years later the trees return and grow strong.
It’s how it’s been since time immemorial. If we killed the blueberries the soil would dry and harden in the sun, the soot wouldn’t get turned, and the ecosystem wouldn’t recover.
This seems so fucking short sighted and stupid.
You’ve got an ecosystem that has evolved/developed for large infrequent burns, and you kill 90% of it.
Here in Ontario we get fires, then you see blueberry bushes pop up and take advantage of all that sunlight. They grow quick, with some grasses. The soil clears up and animals come in and then years later the trees return and grow strong.
It’s how it’s been since time immemorial. If we killed the blueberries the soil would dry and harden in the sun, the soot wouldn’t get turned, and the ecosystem wouldn’t recover.