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After burn: wildfire has destroyed forests across the West. Help is needed to restore the life-giving "natural capital" they provide.

From: American Forests  |  Date: 3/22/2005  |  Author: Kearns, Ethan

Wildfires are changing the landscape across the country and often not for the better. A long-standing policy of putting out all forest fires resulted in woods that were full of "fuel"--leaf litter and downed limbs and trees that allow fires to burn hotter and slower than they ordinarily would. The result is burned homes, barren acres, infusions of bugs, and erosion. Trees are desparately needed to begin the healing process, and begin to restore cleaner water, homes for animals, and ...

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