• reallykindasorta@slrpnk.net
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    2 days ago

    Right but if the low intensity ones are repressed that leads to higher intensity ones plus climate change exacerbates the situation making former low intensity ones higher intensity due to increased drying and erosion cycles. Makes the most sense not to allow development imo.

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      2 days ago

      Chaparral and grasslands (what that area has) regrow pretty quickly. This isn’t problem of fuel accumulating over decades as has happened in the Sierras. You’d need to be removing vegetation every year, which would also kill off the native plants.

      • Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        The frequent burns are what’s killing the native plants. Burns aren’t supposed to happen this frequently, and invasives are crowding out the drought resistant natives.