Burying trees to save forests?

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“Good fires" naturally regenerate forests. But a rise in high-severity blazes in the American West are leaving behind barren moonscapes filled with dead trees. These scorched trees act as hazardous fuel for future fires, but clearing them to replant the landscape is astronomically expensive. Add to that a massive shortage in the conifer seed supply chain, and land managers simply don't have the resources to regenerate these forests on their own. Grant Canary, CEO and founder of Mast Reforestation, is changing that. Today, Mast Reforestation tackles the ultimate financial bottleneck by burying fire-killed trees deep underground in oxygen-free clay vaults. This permanently stores the timber's…