Comment on fireflies
frezik@midwest.social 2 days ago
Who knew that by being lazy with yard work, I was doing the right thing all along. I do see fireflies out back during the summer. I thought it was just that we live fairly close to the edge of town.
MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
Nature is best cared for by leaving it the fuck alone.
Timecircleline@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Other than the forest fire prevention that native Americans used to perform, I would agree.
Bazoogle@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Even this can have negative impacts. More frequent, smaller forest fires allows for the “fuel” to be burned off in small quantities. If you go too long without the fuel being used, it builds up, until you get a very large forest fire. Which happened a few weeks ago
Timecircleline@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
You just described the cultural burning practices that were in place for thousands of years though.
MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
Yes, occasional small forest fires are actually good for nature. Young trees csn grow, more resistant than the old wood against storms and pests. A lot in nature even relies on those cycles, pioneer weeds as an example. We really only made things more convenient for us short term, without understanding half of it.