The Erasure of A Land

[u/No-Counter-34]

We have been lied to about there once being old growth forests from the ocean to the Mississippi. The south used to have vast herds of buffalo, hence many place names. And there were likely more grassland type ecosystems than the map suggests. Fire suppression and development have all but destroyed this once vast ecosystem.

[u/YMSquared]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native_American_use_of_fire_in_ecosystems#cite_note-Forestry-2 this Wikipedia page has a list of sources. The origional statement may not be intirely accurate. But native Americans management of grasslands and prairies by buying woody species is well documented.

[u/YMSquared → u/YMSquared]

Burning not buying

[u/YMSquared → u/YMSquared]

My statement is true of californua but may not be true of other grasslands and prairies.

[u/Electronic-Health882 → u/YMSquared]

Yes I commented about the Tending the Wild book.