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Old 2nd January 2020, 22:44   #5
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Originally Posted by richw View Post
Some say that controlled fires are usual maintenance. As you say, that reduces the amount of dry wood and keeps the density low.

It has been reported that environmental protestors have managed to stop controlled burning, and here we are...
Ah, but in doing so, they have a catastrophe they can blame solely on "climate change"

I was speaking to one of our Antipodean cousins before Christmas about this very subject.

It is very sad to hear of the loss of life, due to the ill thought out policy change of not creating firebreaks

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