OUT OF THE ASHES: YELLOWSTONE 10 YEARS LATER Amid the scars of raging fires, sanctuary shows signs of rebirth

From: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | Date: June 21, 1998| Author: KATHERINE M. SKIBA | Copyright information

A bison calf hops across a rushing river. A grizzly roams a snow-fringed ridge. A newborn elk, long legs unsteady, strays onto an asphalt road, delighting the park's paparazzi.

Today, the solstice, begins the 10th summer since great fires turned these landscapes into moonscapes deep with ash, soot and dead pine.

A decade after the inferno, there's absolutely no mistaking where an unruly gang of fires came and conquered portions of the park. Vast stretches of Yellowstone's fore...

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