What East Coasters could learn from West Coast wildfires as smoke from Canada hits Northeast:
"I grew up in upstate New York, so I have relatives there, actually talked to a couple of them," Dr. Michael Coughlan, an environmental anthropologist at the University of Oregon who studies wildfires and fire management, told ABC News. "And one of the comments that one of them had was that, 'Oh, well, you know, this has never happened before so it's not gonna happen again.' And I thought that was an interesting comment.
They also thin trees from the canopy to reduce the density of the trees, as well as make more room between trees. Coughlan said the concept of forest restoration, which makes forests more resilient, including to wildfires, could be implemented in the east."They're not entirely transferable but the concept is similar," he said.
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