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Permalink Reply by Reg Mathis on July 29, 2008 at 10:16am

I don't like it! I don't like one bit!!!! Although the popular feeling is that it is necessary for the long term health of the forest. At least that's what the Georgia Forestry folks are saying...

I have also heard that keeping the deadfall and scrub bruned off on a regular basis helps prevent small fires from becoming truly massive.

But I still don't like it...

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Permalink Reply by Brian Dumser on August 7, 2008 at 4:52pm

Fire in forest is bad! I understand that periodic controlled burns are necessary for the growth of the forest, but I sometimes think they're too dangerous. Up here in Illinois we've got prairie grass that the forest preserve folks occasionally burn. Sometimes they get out of hand and then the surrounding towns' brush trucks have to come out and help the forest preserve rangers control their "controlled burn".

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