Wednesday, January 28, 2015

Strong weathers impact on wildfires

The old ways of letting forests burn so that the can regrow and flourish has begun to be re-adopted in the United States. In letting this happen, forest are able to regrow and be more resistive of fires. Areas that go too long without burning, like the Rim Fire area, have much more devastating consequences on the forest as the fire is much more intense and can cause much more damage. With the restoration efforts that have been taken place in the California forests, it was thought they would be much more defended against fires, but the severe weather that accompanied the Rim Fire, it is no wonder that the first was able to plow right through these areas. Learn more about it here.

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