Keith Addison suggested that this discussion topic is an annual as the burning of topic, I just can't recall that, or if my following comments may have been said by others. Like Keith and others, I have observed that fire can be beneficial for the prairie, but those same observations also show that fires do not occur annually on a natural basis in all areas. I have also read that the indigenous Plains population started fires to aid in hunting Bison. I would think that that practice was in tune with the herds seasonal(annual) migration, could there be a chance that the fire use practice of the Plains people, was more about harvesting animals than is was about land stewardship?
The reality is that where I live on the High Plains, that even during a drought naturally started fire is a rare event. Years perhaps decades pass before fire naturally starts the same area. I have to conclude the practice of seasonal burning both by the Indians and descendants of Europeans is more about getting things done on man's schedule not nature's. Personally I think man has interfered enough, long enough, we can't fully understand the role of fire in Earth's evolution. -- Doug, N0LKK Kansas USA _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
