Learning to love forest fires in Yosemite National Park
Dec 4, 2009 1st Paragraph, English 1st Paragraph
When southern California is consumed by fire, the state employs an arsenal of equipment and manpower to battle the inferno. The key priority is to save lives and homes. An increasingly familiar image of America’s Golden State is of water-bombing aircraft dousing the flames as they lick around million-dollar mansions on the hillsides.
But in Yosemite National Park, in central California, fire is viewed differently. The forest needs to burn to survive, although fire was once thought to be an enemy of the region’s giant sequoia trees…
December 27th, 2009 at 5:24 pm
This is true, many of us were brought up to think forest fires are bad, but they are actually a natural process that contributes to a diversity of ecosystems.
http://www.selfdestructivebastards.com/2009/11/forest-fire-suppression.html