The New England forests that appeared to be pristine primeval nature were actually fire-dependent forests created and maintained by fires deliberately set by American Indians; when European settlers suppressed those fires, the forests changed into forms never seen before.
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Daniel BotkinEvidence Quote
“when these were retired were removed by the European settlements Europeans suppress fires the forests changed the things that nobody had ever seen and didn't meet the classical idea is about the great wonderful forests”
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