Word: undergrowth
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After rainfall, garden snails emerge from the ivy growing alongside the fence on Quincy St., where they face the dangers of passing feet and drying out in the glare of the ferocious Cambridge sun. Students are encouraged to move them gently back into the undergrowth...
Your article "Fireproofing The Forests" discussed the thinning of undergrowth and prescribed burns as methods for reducing catastrophic forest fires [ENVIRONMENT, Aug. 18]. In Australia I saw many examples of the maintenance of the land through planned burnings. And as you noted, the practice was also used by the White Mountain Apache tribe. Why can't we learn from these people who have thousands of years of applied knowledge? CHARLES E. PERUCHINI Los Angeles...
...tracks. Government troops had spotted our scout slashing a path through the foliage. Our guide, Hmong rebel commander and government enemy Moua Toua Ther, instructed us to sit tight rather than run. The thick foliage, he knew, afforded us some protection. Hours passed. Every rustle in the undergrowth was met with nervous intakes of breath. Not until 4 a.m. did we dare move again. We crossed the biting-cold river in our underwear with our packs humped on our shoulders and our clothes slung round our necks, then we marched 12 hours to a road where, to our profound relief...
Bashing through the undergrowth, canoeing for miles and biking up trails most people couldn't even walk may not be everyone's idea of a fun weekend. But expedition racing, a multi-discipline endurance test for the whole family, has become one of the fastest-growing sports in the country. More than 300 races have been scheduled this year, up from 50 last year; twice as many are being planned for 2004. Long a favorite of sportsmen in Australia and New Zealand, expedition racing was popularized in the U.S. by Eco-Challenge, the reality-TV contest produced by Survivor creator...
PRESCRIPTION FIRES Set controlled burns on purpose to clear away undergrowth. The risk is that they will burn out of control, like the fire two years ago that burned 200 homes in New Mexico...