We were talking about Bush’s healthy forest bill in my Gov class today, and my teacher said its called that because apparently clear cutting strips of forest will stop the spreading of forest fires. While there seems to be some merit in this, i was always lead to believe that selective cutting was best overall, since you make the forest less dense and clear out the brush it makes fires spread less quickly and can even stop them from catching some trees on fire, in addition to not promoting erosion or destroying habitat. So which is better? Is there some advantage to clear cutting im not being told about? Or have i been lied to about how good selective cutting really is?