Not entirely true, much of what we naively see as the balance of nature is a result of human interference.
Norman Baugher wrote: >They used fires to modify the landscape to produce a given result....not >balance nature (which is impossible for humans to do). >Norm > >From: "Keith McGuinness" > > > >>Norman Baugher wrote: >> >> >>>ROTFLMAO... >>> >>>From: "DagT" >>><snip> So, the natural >>> >>> >>>>balance has been shifted by us long ago and now we have to control >>>>all parts to provide<snip> >>>> >>>> >>But DagT is right (for at least some environments). >> >>For instance, it is known that indigenous Australians, in >>northern regions, used fire to modify the landscape for thousands >>of years. Fire is also a natural phenomenon for much of the >>country. Further, there is evidence that the planting of exotic >>grasses alters the nature of the fires (time and intensity). >> >>One of the more controversial management issues up here is, >>therefore, what sort of fire regime should we have? The "natural" >>one? The one imposed by indigenous Australians? Some other >>regime? If so, what? >> >>Keith McG >> >> >>-- >>PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>[email protected] >>http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> >> > > > > > -- When you're worried or in doubt, Run in circles, (scream and shout). -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
