Despite what Smokey Bear has taught us, many forest fires are beneficial. Fires that burn through our forests help clear out vegetation, often burning in a mosaic pattern that sustains some of the most diverse forests in the world here in the Klamath-Siskiyou region. In many forests, however, fire suppression has altered normal fire cycles and led to a dangerous build-up of fuel.
http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091213/OPINION/912130303/-1/NEWSMAP
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We need a more sensible forest fire policy
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December 13, 2009 03:26PM |
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