[Woebama]

I read somewhere that the American Indians managed the forests by controlled burns and other measures to make them better for the game they hunted and the plants they needed.

[decimon]

I read somewhere that the American Indians managed the forests by controlled burns and other measures to make them better for the game they hunted and the plants they needed.

I believe that was true in at least some places. Telling them they were killing the planet would gotten you relegated to the looney tent.

[Conservateacher]

I was told by a forestry employee in Eastern Washington that the best managed forest is on the Colville Indian reservation north of Spokane. They don’t have environmental constraints and have practices by which they can avoid or at least mitigate some fire issues.