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Historical Perspective on the Yellowstone Fires of 1988: A reconstruction of prehistoric fire history reveals that comparable fires occurred in the early 1700s

Maintaining an ecosystem shaped primarily by natural geological and ecological processes is a primary goal in Yellowstone National Park (YNP) (Houstori 1971). Thus, one important question about the fires of 1988 is whether they were really natural:…

Author(s): William H. Romme, Don G. Despain

Year Published: 1989

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Historical Perspective on the Yellowstone Fires of 1988: A reconstruction of prehistoric fire history reveals that comparable fires occurred in the early 1700s

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