Fire Ecology

I didn't know this: I mean I knew about the essential role of fires in California and the damage caused by ignoring fire based ecology, but I didn't know the extent and importance of fire ecology.

http://www.nature.org/initiatives/fire/index.html

Quote:

More than half of the terrestrial world, including almost all of North America, depends on the existence of fire to maintain healthy plants and animals and natural resources upon which people depend, such as clean water. The damage caused by altered fire dynamics can be irreversible. End Quote. The Nature Conservancy.