On Fri, 3 Jan 2020 20:06:00 -0800 (PST), Frank Krygowski
wrote:

Did the Australian aborigines have a
tradition of conducting controlled burns? Did that practice end and
lead to the current tragedy?

In some areas, invasive plants are a factor. The native kerosene
grass flashes up and is gone; the invasive plants burn more slowly,
set fire to other plants, and roast the soil.

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Joy Beeson
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