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The misplaced war against Western wildfires
2013-07-14 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Denver Post: The simplest way to describe fire worldwide is that there is too much of the wrong kind, too little of the right kind, and too much overall. The wrong kinds are those such as the blaze that killed 19 firefighters in Arizona, or those that have put southeast Asia under a pall, that incinerate communities, befoul ecosystems with effluents, and trash biotas by burning at the wrong times and intensities. The right kinds are those that perform an ecological service by burning landscapes properly --...
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