Name:   phil - Subject:   California Date:   11/12/2018 10:13:33 AM (updated 11/12/2018 10:32:56 AM)

Do not remember the years but Talladega National Forrest went through a lot of years where they put out every fire quickly and allowed brush to build up.  Undergrowth choked out lots of areas and when the next burn happened they could not stop it and there was so much fuel that it killed lots of the old growth that would have survived had it been allowed.

They are back to letting some fires burn and set some controlled fires when they need to, works much better.