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California's Controlled Fires Boost Biodiversity

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avatar California's Controlled Fires Boost Biodiversity
November 30, 2010 02:02PM
ScienceDaily (Nov. 23, 2010) — In certain ecosystems, such as the mixed-conifer forests of the Sierra Nevada region of the western United States, fires are a natural and essential occurrence for maintaining forest health. However, for many decades, resource managers in California and other western states prevented or suppressed natural fires to limit the potential for catastrophic spread.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/11/101123112152.htm
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