The above report may be true in tall forests. It is patently false out here in sagebrush country. Even the BLM has seen the light here in northern Nevada; in many fire-prone areas they are essentially widening bare-earth firebreaks by clearing all vegetation back at least 30 feet on each side of a road. They do this every year now.
"Fragment forest habitats"??? Damage Native American artifacts? I can see where this guy's priorities lie. And a fire sweeping through the area does no damage to forest habitats or native American artifacts?
A simple narrow road stopped this fire from spreading near my house:
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