We have started some work on undercanopy burning to reduce fuel loads. ie. a
controlled burning under a live stand.

"Aozotorp" wrote in message
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Today, because of years of effective fire suppression and a
decade-long reduction on harvesting timber, many of our forests
average 300 to 400 trees per acre. As a result of this unnatural fuel
buildup in our nation's forests,

wildfires now burn far hotter and
create more destruction than the ones that used to occur naturally.


Seems the problem is in Historically removing the large fire resistant
trees in
clear-cutting. I remember large sections in the Colorado front range that
were
clearcut in the 50's and 60's. Then in the clearcut there were 300-400 +
small
trees growing in the clearcut areas. Never thinned out no doubt. The
shallow
analysis you gave is indeed the wave of the future!