Slow But Sure — Burned Forest Lands Regenerate Naturally

[ Oregon ] A new study of forest lands that burned in the 1990s in northern California and southwestern Oregon has concluded there is a “fair to excellent” chance that an adequate level of conifers will regenerate naturally, in sites that had no manual planting or other forest management. The authors said in their report that “assertions that burned areas, left unmanaged, will remain unproductive for some indefinite period, seem unwarranted.” The recovery of burned lands after wildfire, and whether active management is necessary, has become a point of considerable interest and controversy in recent years.

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