A US forests study suggests that replanting and salvage logging of burned timber in wildfire-hit areas does not help ecological recovery.
Researchers found seedlings growing abundantly in areas affected by the Biscuit fire in Oregon during 2002. But they said logging of burned timber often killed most of the new growth.
They also discovered that salvaging timber resulted in wood debris being left on the ground, which could fuel future fires.
The research adds to the continuing debate over what to do following wildfires, which burn millions of acres of national forests annually.
