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by jb775 2102 days ago
It's surprising there isn't some sort of legal requirement to carry out strategic controlled burns.

If urban sprawl is the root cause of not conducting these, there should be more regulation and accountability on a small govt scale. They are the ones who approve/decline developer plans. Sounds like there may be a tragedy of the commons game theory issue here where certain counties are cashing in on local development projects while offloading the risk to outside counties.