>> “ The forests can be cleared with a match.” <<
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Yet thousands of land owners in wild lands are suing the state over the 100 foot clear space requirement in California, calling it unreasonable.
There is going to be much weeping and wailing as the end rolls out.
In some cases it is; in others it's not enough. That's what's wrong with State specifications calling the shots.
Most of these idiots think that a forest is composed only of trees. They wouldn't recognize a multi-aged stand with full cohorts of groundcovers, grasses, and shrubs if they saw one.