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In the lecture, the professor casts doubt on the reading passage's idea that prescribed burning is hazardous and inefficient method by stating prescribed burning is considered to good thing overall. The professor asserts that the benefits of prescribed burning compensates all the downside of prescribed burning.
First of all, the professor states that prescribed burning is helpful to regowth forest because it makes more available nutrient to foresty organism and it keeps balace of forest ecosystem. According to the reading passage, prescirbed burning is not best method of removing forest debris and sturing natural growth. Because it make a forest frails to invade by foreign species, upsetting natural ecosystem. The professor says that prescribed burning is very effective way, citing being pracriced by indigenous people for centuries.
Secondly, the professor argues that prescribed burning prevent wildfire and prescribed burning can be controlled because it is practiced by well-trained experts, The reading passage describes that prescribed burning can be easily out of controll and it expand switching direction quickly, exempling catastrophic wildfire in New Mexico that continued for several days, damaging the nearby town of L.A. On the contrary, the professor says that it is better way than nothing to do causing wildfire far greater making real emergency.
Lastly, the professor rebuts the reading passage's point that prescribed burning is more expensive than other forms of forest management by stating it is cost-efficient overall. The reading passage describes that some method like disking is less risk and better value. In opposit to this argumeofby preventing wildfire is less than that of conducting wildfire.
In conclusion, the reading passage present that prescribed burning should be stopped since it has many dangerous and is ineffective. However, the lecture states that prescribed burning is good method to prevent from wildfire and effective.
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