Download or read book Who Needs a Forest Fire? written by Paula Henson and published by . This book was released on 2021-04-16 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first people who lived in California did not fight fire. They used it as a tool. After thousands of years of tending the forest floor like a garden, the California Gold Rush of 1849 brought settlers and miners who killed Native Americans and destroyed forest ecosystems. By stopping all fires and not tending the forest floor, conditions were perfect for major wildfires: megafires.