XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-11
From: bowman@montana.com

On Sun, 14 Dec 2025 23:09:36 -0500, Paul wrote:


> In Canada, we use "proscribed burns" to edit the forest. And these days,
> the conditions in the forest are not always suitable for this. In the
> old days,
> a proscribed burn was done in the knowledge it wasn't going to burn into
> the roots. It would clear undergrowth, the trees would be killed, but
> the seed sitting on the ground, would re-seed the recovery of the
> forested section. You would not even need to go in and plant saplings.

Then there are the controlled burns that turn out to be not so
controlled :)

> Nobody would ever for a moment, contemplate being on the ground with a
> rake, or a chainsaw editing saplings. That's totally unrealistic. You
> would process 0.01% of the land mass every year. What an accomplishment.
> Maybe we could throw a million refrigerators in the arctic ocean while
> we are at it. Let your imagination run away with you.
>

https://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee127/leeha1959/
HomeliteSuperWiz66003.jpg

Brush bows are fun! There have been some areas here that had commercial
thinning that involved a lot of hands on work, but they were limited in
size and in recreational sites.

There are many tracts that have accumulated a lot of fuel after years of
fire suppression but I think they're a bit afraid to light them off.
Trying to control them would be miserable.

I have spent some time in the forest with a rake:

https://www.allhandsfire.com/Mcloud-Tool-Wood

and I still have a Pulaski:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulaski_(tool)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Edward_Pulaski_Tunnel_and_Placer_Creek_Escape_Route

I've been on that trail. There are quite a few mines like that that never
paid out and were abandoned and Pulaski was lucky to know about that one.
Still, it takes a lot of self control to shelter in a mine and hope for
the best, but it's better than climbing into a Shaken'Bake I guess.

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