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What can happen to forests when fire is always excluded?
Fuel builds up and can make fires worse.
- Soil turns into sand
- Fuel builds up and can make fires worse ✔
- Trees stop needing sunlight
Why: The resources note that decades of stopping forest fires made them worse by allowing fuels to build.
Huh, didn't know that: The resources note that decades of stopping forest fires made them worse by allowing fuels to build.
No fire at all can leave a lot of fuel for later.
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References
Answer: Fuel builds up and can make fires worse. The resources note that decades of stopping forest fires made them worse by allowing fuels to build.
- Scouting America: Forestry www.scouting.org/merit-badges/forestry
How Decades of Stopping Forest Fires Made Them Worse
Checked 2026-11-07.
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