Misconceptions and Benefits of Fire

The most common misconception of wildfire is that all fire is bad. But there are important benefits that smaller and more frequent fires offer to the environment. Matt Jolly, an ecologist at the U.S. Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station, talks about the natural and important role of fire in maintaining a healthy ecosystem.

[@sohowsoon6652]

fire bath thank you for your service on behalf of all of US

[@rangerboy29]

Thanks for sharing! Some of the strangest looks I get are when I tell people why wildfires can be really good for forests, and that we've become exceedingly effective at fighting wildfire.

[@killman369547]

Yeah, it's ok to let a wildifre do it's thing, we only need intervene when the fire becomes particularly intense and or threatens human life and property.

[@annekincannon-kf3hx]

So tell us why it is good for forest because the video didn’t.

[@alpenglw4743]

@@annekincannon-kf3hx Reduces tree overcrowding, limits fuel buildup, encourages new healthy plant growth, allows more sunlight to hit the forest floor, creates better foraging habitat for deer and other animals, increases water flow in streams, creates the right conditions for certain plants to reproduce, prevents hot crown fires from burning entire forests to the ground, etc!

[@thenightwatchman1598]

@@killman369547 "oh no. my million dollar cabin i built deep in the woods miles away from any city has no fire protection! who could have ever seen this coming!"

[@neomayer]

excellent video on a very important piece of the fire pie. Thanks for making and sharing!

[@XperfectdazesX]

Good information, thanks for posting :)

[@Kauffman578]

It also destroys invasive species

[@annekincannon-kf3hx]

Um yeah ,along with native species. Fire is the chemotherapy of the forest. It destroys everything.

[@ono48]

Who came here after the Australian bushfires?

[@flemishbear9658]

watching the news is like watching satan explain how the world works

[@thenightwatchman1598]

and how

[@thenightwatchman1598]

why this video from the official us park service channel is getting so few views in place of MSM news climate alarmist soundbites its just depressing. park rangers will never go woke.

[@annekincannon-kf3hx]

Undergrowth does not need to be cleared by fire. It rots quickly. He also never says how fire benefits the ecosystem. It’s one man’s erroneous opinion.

[@n3wj3rs3y]

🧢

[@baneofbanes]

Yah no. In a drought the undergrowth dries up, not rots.

[@anygiventrail]

Guess you didn’t watch the video clearly. He explains plenty, for example, about releasing seeds from pinecones. Burning underbrush has been long understood as beneficial. Even native Americans performed prescribed burns.

[@Wild_Maryland]

He literally explained why it's important to an ecosystem. Watch it again. You may need to watch it a dozen times.

[@thenightwatchman1598]

you are such a greenwashed fool. did you take your vax like a good boy too?

[@cathykaech5900]

logging is much less destructive, produces health in the forest, and doesn't kill huge amounts of wildlife.

[@annekincannon-kf3hx]

Finally someone with a brain.

[@baneofbanes]

No it does not.

[@baneofbanes]

@@annekincannon-kf3hxyah neither of you do.

[@Wild_Maryland]

False. lol

[@MrPhillip-o5m]

😂 there have been forest fires for thousands of years. The wildlife survived.

[@bigbird2240]

The ones that caused all the problem trying to explain it

[@baneofbanes]

Sure thing buddy

[@jamesmckay9966]

WHAT ARE TALKING ABOUT? ALL YOU HAVE IS AN OPINION. SORRY TO BE SO HARSH BUT I CAN NOT STAND BY FOR SUCH BIASED UNINFORMED AND UNREALISTIC RIDICULE. FOR SHAM.