To: "'permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org'" <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: RE: [permaculture] Re: Imitating fire + tree shredding equipmen
Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2002 12:53:14 -0400
Robyn wrote:
>I wonder if there's a defecit of browsers in forests that get these large
>vegetative build-ups in the understory....
>Robyn
Or maybe vice-versa? I know that Indians here in the States used to set
fires to clear the understory, causing sudden growth of small seedlings,
which attracted deer for the Indians to hunt. Kind of a chicken-or-the-egg
scenario.
adam