"So we either need to use proper foresty techniques or allow the wild fires to burn themselves out in unpopulated areas. Either technique will reduce the intensity of the fires in future years."
The latter has been the rule for several decades now, at least for lands managed by the National Forest Service. The trouble is with 'unpopulated'. With our ever spreading population that area is getting smaller and smaller. These horrible fires are in places where some developer went in and built a huge subdivision spreading through the woods. Then those who buy the properties do not or will not understand the requirements to maintain their land. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Download the latest ColdFusion 8 utilities including Report Builder, plug-ins for Eclipse and Dreamweaver updates. http;//www.adobe.com/cfusion/entitlement/index.cfm?e=labs%5adobecf8%5Fbeta Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:241223 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
