Forests in western Canada have not been allowed to burn, which has caused a massive buildup of dry fuel, which in turn makes the fires bigger and harder to control. Mismanagement of forests is the greatest cause of the increase in forest fires in Canada.
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Pine beetle infestation is another big problem. They are able to burrow into trees that are older than 20 years old (softer bark) and then kill the tree from the jnside. When the weather is below -30 during the winter they are killed. Our winters are warmer, so some blame climate change.
However, if forest fires are allowed to burn many of the older trees will die and new trees will grow (pine cones need 230 f to open) and the pine beetle wouldn’t be able to burrow into their young bark.
If you walk through a forest that has burned a year or two afterwards, the amount.l of new growth is astounding and beautiful.
I do not question the situation in Canada because I do not live there, and generalizing is not usually a simple way to tag things, by all means let is all question things and blacks, ehites and greys. I want to add right where I live, and for the span of my life, I have seen my country undergoing desertification and lush green becoming scorched and beat a new high every single year. Sure forests need management, not implying every case is the same. But, no mind controled because I do my own research on abstracts (scientific papers (former biologist) and figures,no twitter, politics or press). So I do not point blame or preach others but I want to state noone has controled my mind to make my own opinion. And from there we can agree to disagree. I am refering to the reply.
Yes, I agree with all of what you said here.
I’m just pointing out that the world is changing and will always change. I don’t question your antidotal evidence but desertification has also happened before humans were around too. Not to say if we humans cut an entire forest down, that won’t have consequences on the local biome. I also want to agree that humans could have a small impact but I haven’t been convinced that this pristine environment was destroyed by humans. The earth has been in cycles of birth and rebirth for billions of years.