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		_wiv7 on Oct 28, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How bad is the California drought? So, uh, why would anyone bulldoze dead almond trees if they're not going to replace them with another crop yet? Seems like it would just increase soil erosion problems.

paragraft on Oct 28, 2014 | [–]

At a guess, scrub fire hazard?

hollerith on Oct 28, 2014 | | [–]

I'm guessing that the almond farmers know what they're doing.

Maybe dead trees encourage diseases that attack live trees.

jefurii on Oct 29, 2014 | [–]

They're probably going to just let the land lie fallow.

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