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Cataloging Information
Topic(s):
Fire Communication & Education
Public Perspectives of Fire Management
Fire Effects
Recovery after fire
Resilience
Public Perspectives of Fire Management
Fire Effects
Recovery after fire
Resilience
NRFSN number: 11997
FRAMES RCS number: 15232
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Because of their close relationships with fires, western forest ecosystems are considered fire dependent. If we hope to sustain the communities of trees, plants, and animals that characterize these wildland forests, we need to understand the natural role of fire, changes brought about by suppressing fire, and alternatives for restoring some reasonable semblance of the natural fire process (Arno and Allison-Bunnell, 2002).
Citation
Smith, Diane. 2013. Yellowstone National Park and the summer of fire. Rural Connections. 7(1): 31-34.