On 2/01/2011 6:37 AM, Mitchell Holman wrote:



South Texas is most isolated clumps of mesquite and
cancti, both of which ranchers deliberately burn anyway
as they take up valuable grass land. Can't imagine why
they would put out any spontaneous fires....

Spontaneous fires are uncontrolled. What ranchers do is more akin to
controlled burnoffs - what firefighters call "Prescribed Burns" or "Rx
Burns".