You know Semo that’s a pretty intriguing question the more I think about it……Would the Indians really had any reason to do controlled burns for the sake of wildlife management???.....I mean they would have still had the natural fires that lit up and likely burned large areas on its own. That would lead you to possible think that maybe the Indians actually used fire to create firebreaks that guarded against these natural fires suddenly sweeping in on them……maybe….possibly……

I have to believe that if they had medicine men who intimately knew every plant in the forest and how to use them for medicinal purposes, etc……then they also understood the other intricacies about the true cycles of nature. They may have exploited them at times but they likley understood them.