Source: The Power of Your Subconscious Mind
“The old-timers thought, Well, fire's bad; we'll get rid of it. That was certainly a mistake.”
On the errors of trying to completely eliminate forest fires, because of the disruption of growth cycles that make those that do occur more destructive and harder to control.
Interview interview (1995)
Context: The old-timers thought, Well, fire's bad; we'll get rid of it. That was certainly a mistake. We have to get it back into the system somehow, in safe, controlled ways. That's what I'm into now.
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