Flamming rabbit spreads wildfire

[Catherine]

They are supposed to do the burns before the animals wake up from hibernation. It should have been done last month.
Nature does "controlled" burns. Lightening would start a fire then the rains would put it out. If the cycle is working properly then it is healthy for the ecosystem and no one gets hurt.

We messed things up by preventing small fires and letting underbrush and dead plant material pile up. When a forest with a lot of dead wood catches fire it can burn hotter and deeper and destroy an area.

Now we are back to having smaller fires, we need to work on our timing so that no one gets hurt.