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Another thing to note is that some areas (namely wetlands, riparian forests, and canyon forests) have not burned in over 200 years and this is natural for these areas. A human started stand burning fire in these areas takes longer than 500 years to fully recover. The Ponderosa-Oak forests of the SW US have existed continuously for over 10,000 years. During the LGM they were at lower elevations than today however as places above about 2000m elevation were Aspen and Spruce Taiga and parkland similar to modern NWT, Canada. In order to slow or stop deforestation from these massive stand burns you need a multifold strategy.
1. Perform low intensity undergrowth burns, in the SW these areas burned only once (1 low intensity burn) in 50 or so years in ancient times. Even a once in 15-25 years prescribed burn can be ok for some areas.
2.Reforest the edges of the eroding edges of the forest and massively destroyed stand burned and replaced areas by planting the native forest species (in the SW, these are predominantly Ponderosa and White Oak, but also Maple, Sycamore, Alder, Deppeana Juniper, and Spruce/Fir). You can also expand forests areas from their edges into areas that used to be forest but are now Juniper scrub and grassland, this will improve climate conditions locally and help the real forest reclaim its old holds.
3. Raise awareness so retards don't accidentally cause huge stand burns that could take 500 years to recover from as often, and also raise the punishment for negligence of companies/corporations (eg power line or equipment fires) and for anarchists/arsonists.
4. Restore wetlands and riparian areas, and stop allowing grazing in the actual forest and wetland zones, there are tens of thousands of sq miles of open grassland to graze them on.
