Funny things if there was regular controlled fire, there would have none wildfire...
this post was submitted on 23 Jul 2023
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I wonder how bad it'll get before we get some kind of prescribed burn policy. Smoky summers suuuuck. Having your house or town burn down in an out of control wildfire sucks even more.
They already exist all over the western US. In AZ the majority of smokey days come from prescription burns or natural fires that the forest service manage like a prescribed burn
Also if the wildfires that started naturally were allowed to burn (if not threatening the public) then we don't get that huge build up of dead wood getting dryer and dryer leading to a super scorcher that nothing can stop.
What does idle/fallow mean for Michigan?
Its not location based. It just means the total amount of fallow lans in the contiguous US is about equal to Michigan.
100 people don't own Florida and more.
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I assume it's stuck in a court process, or in the process of transitioning to another status, or farmland without a crop, or maybe abandoned but the city can't pay to clear it or demo it yet, etc.
Idk didn't bother going around the pay wall just thought it looked cool. I'd guess the area of land that is idle/fallow is the size of michigan
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California also uses their lands for wildfires, they even have a fire season now. Don't forget to give credit where credit is due!
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I always knew Michigan was an unproductive POS /s
Nice, guess I'm on team Food we eat!
Mmmm tobacco city.