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To: ManyMoose who wrote (264468)	6/17/2002 1:14:44 PM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

Re: "It's not widely known that Native Americans routinely torched forests." >>> You're right, it's little known. Frequent fires seem to have promoted a more open, savanna-like environment... which supported more game animals. >>> For another example, it is estimated that there are more deer in the lower 48 these days than when Columbus first crossed the pond... that is largely due to the fact that the great American forests have been fragmented into small discontinuous blocks, mixed with grass and farm land - a more deer-friendly environment that the deep forests. (That, and their predators are gone :)