Western states can learn from Georgia and other Southern states when it comes to reducing wildfire risks. That’s according to a recent study that looks at the amount of controlled burning in different regions, and found the vast majority of prescribed fire happens in the Southeast.
Prescribed fires can help reduce the risk of wildfires — or, when wildfires do happen, help make them less bad — because prescribed fires will burn up things like leaves, grass, dead branches and shrubs so that when wildfire strikes, there’s less to burn.
They’re also useful for foresters and for wildlife.
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