@wwww_horseprints: Wildfires aren’t an accident in the sense that they’re disconnected from human behavior. They’re consequences. When a relationship is built on exploitation followed by severe neglect, the result is abuse. Forests are no different. We extracted from them, interrupted natural fire cycles, simplified ecosystems, and replaced resilient old-growth forests with vast expanses of dense, immature stands that are primed to burn. Historically, many forests experienced frequent, low-intensity fires that cleared the understory while leaving the oldest trees standing. Fire wasn’t absent.. it was part of the system. Catastrophic landscape-scale destruction wasn’t the norm in many of these ecosystems. Then something even stranger happens. Disaster becomes economy. #wildfire #forest #fire

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zazilthphoenix
zazilthphoenix :
thought u were zakk wylde 😳
2026-06-28 04:32:09
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natalie8192
Natalie 144 :
It’s criminal what has happened 🔥😡 I am in Oregon there are old slash piles and fallen trees everywhere it’s a set up
2026-07-13 13:54:41
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wyo1876
TJ Simmons :
Its called bad forest management.
2026-07-01 12:49:30
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wrig
Wrig :
Excellent Post!
2026-07-02 00:54:40
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wonderingcorvid
Rowan Skylar Madrone :
Truth.
2026-07-13 18:19:03
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pnw_heather
✌🏼Heather_hdawg🌲🦌🌞🌻🏞️🎣 :
Absolutely
2026-07-15 01:16:13
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siriyyani
S :
Disaster capitalism is a plague on our society
2026-06-26 22:41:52
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greenmanforestry
Jim :
Truu
2026-06-28 20:27:10
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sterlingmantlow
The American Forester :
correct
2026-07-01 12:42:29
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jeffinga
Jeff :
So true!!!
2026-06-27 22:54:23
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furiosaaa
Furiosa :
Yes 💯.
2026-06-28 15:11:04
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haydencampbell19
Hayden :
Super insightful 🙌🏼
2026-06-26 20:54:04
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oak_and_nettle
Oak_and_nettle :
Have you read “tending the. Wild”?
2026-06-27 08:00:50
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clips_how
Clipshow :
Terrible
2026-06-26 21:28:14
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thayden.baker7
Thayden Baker :
Wild fires are normal but not like these
2026-06-26 19:32:10
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justinrowley420
Justin rowley :
im my area alot of people believe that the firefighters are arsonists that start the fires for proffit
2026-07-15 02:00:09
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dwaynetooth
TheyDidThat :
They want us to feel responsible for ignition, when the fuel is the problem. These people play the long game. The small logger was killed off for “environmental” reasons, and now that the right people will get rich—it’s time for it to burn, get sprayed, the. get planted with one or two species for the profit of few. It’s all a game. Us poors often don’t see the long game being played the way it’s played.
2026-07-09 02:00:46
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lalulove77
Tallulah :
In CA it’s a lot of the environmental groups that don’t allow cleaning of the brush and forests. I think a lot of our fires here are on purpose not by the fire department but by the government who wants to take over the land.
2026-06-29 02:38:14
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horse.prince6
Horse Prince :
How can it be called an accident when it’s really just what happens when you treet all the unique forest lands like a tree farm and cow pasture instead of an intricate ecosystem
2026-06-27 20:00:09
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pops_12v
pops_12v :
Poor wildland management is the root of the issue. When it became harder to do controlled burns in sections of forest to reduce the layer of ground duff, we couldn’t do the controlled burns as often and that is the entire reason wildfires are so destructive now. We need to focus more on training wildland firefighters to responsibly conduct management burns and the destruction caused by wildland fires will be significantly be reduced.
2026-06-26 19:47:55
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harley_gord4468
Harley Gordon :
I had to bring horses in and try to block out the outside because of how bad the air is in Utah. It’s literally raining ash.
2026-06-27 11:55:20
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redbull.monster45acp
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I can't wait to make some money this summer as a private contractor wildland firefighter. also I do 💯 agree with you on this.
2026-06-27 00:18:23
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aprildawn916
aprildawn916 :
my son was a logger. he made more money on a fire. so sad. I come from 5 generations of loggers.
2026-06-27 02:38:37
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korodski
Korodski :
😈
2026-07-01 01:56:23
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