Native Americans managed wildfire risk with controlled burns for hundreds of years https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/121422_native_wildfires/native-americans-managed-wildfire-risk-with-controlled-burns-hundreds-years/
A new study shows native American tribes performed controlled burns for a variety of reasons - some economic and some cultural or religious - resulting in a sprawling patchwork of charred land that reduced the risk of large wildfires set off by droughts.
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