Managing Wild Fires and Controlled Fires

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The destruction level of wild fires.
The destruction level of wild fires.
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Here's a virtually clear (cut) case of not being able to see the forest for the lack of trees. This photo is the startling result of the thinning program the U.S. Forest Service is proposing for more than 30 million acres of national forestlands in the West. This
Here's a virtually clear (cut) case of not being able to see the forest for the lack of trees. This photo is the startling result of the thinning program the U.S. Forest Service is proposing for more than 30 million acres of national forestlands in the West. This "thinning" was done in Coconino National Forest, outside of Flagstaff, Arizona.

Learn about the differences between managing wild fires and controlled fires.

In my early years working for a volunteer fire department,
the mission could not have been more clear: Control the
chaos, save the house, put the fire out!

  • Published on Jun 1, 2003
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