"Bill who putters" wrote in message
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NYT provide a interesting view of fire and plant life.

http://judson.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/07/on-fire/


Sort of reminded me of some national parks letting fires burn here in
USA.

Bill

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Garden in shade zone 5 S Jersey USA

I'm of the opinion that where people build homes, they need to allow for
natural burning and consequential wind when maintaining a fire break as
well. A small footprint of land for this is not feasible, the owner has to
have a large enough plot to do this. Hillside acreage, its even more
important. And, I'm of the opinion its the homeowner's responsibility to
maintain such a firebreak, not the local or state government in the case of
a fire approaching said property.
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Dave