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Old 06-10-2015, 07:35 AM
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Originally Posted by AB2506 View Post
Photos from a hundred years ago of the Porcupine Hills show almost no trees on them. With fire suppression, they are now capped with a crown of coniferous forest. Natural? I think not.
In the early 1900s, a fire burned from Waterton right up to the North Saskatchewan, most of that country was bald as a baby's bum. Same kind of photos for all that area.

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