Who Needs a Forest Fire? ethnobotany interspersed with sections that explore

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essential guide to California's long relationship with fire

are leading the effort to increase the population of other highly efficient pollinators: One mason bee can produce twelve pounds of cherries

these socks show the strange and beautiful world of the fungi just like you might encounter it while trekking through the woods in search of a special specimen

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Who Needs a Forest Fire? ethnobotany interspersed with sections that exploreWho needs a forest fire? We do! But not the kind we have now. The first people who live in California did not fight fire. They use it as a tool and tend the forest floor like a garden for thousands of years. The California Gold Rush of 1849 brought settlers and miners who killed Native Americans and destroyed forest ecosystems. Stopping all fires and allowing the forest floor to become overcrowded and overgrown led to conditions that were perfect for