Return to a Natural Fire Cycle: After the Flames Have Past, Only Glowing Embers Remain. After 100 Years of Human Fire Suppression that Prevented the Natural Rhythms of Burning and Regeneration, Flames from the Zaca Wildfire, 2007, Have Cleared Out Decades of Overgrown Areas and Allowed the Landscape to Return to Its Normal Cycle of Plant Succession in an Area Habituated to Thousands of Years of Naturally Caused Fires. Los Padres National Forest, California