It's crazy to think about how many forest fires happen around the world each year. I remember last year when I had to drive passed the town of Lytton in the summer shortly after the fires. It was absolutely devastating to see the destruction the fire had...
We are in a losing game! We are in an endless loop of literally putting out one fire, to only have another one pop up. Some can argue that this is due to us FIGHTING NATURE. The more we fight fires, the longer we are preserving those fuels in nature that would have otherwise been burned. In turn, we are leaving more fuels in nature that only helps ignite and spread future forest fires.
This sparks the thought: what is the best method to mitigate the fires? One way to tackle this is prevention -for example, prescribed burns? There are so many beneficial outcomes of this... however it has to be done to just the right amount. It is interesting to entertain the idea of fighting fire with fire.