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Fires are normal, and so is fire recovery – at least it used to be

Wildfires are nothing new. In most of North America, fires are actually critical parts of a functioning ecosystem.  Recovering forests play important and often underappreciated roles as ephemeral homes for fire-adapted species, and the mosaic left behind by a fire – untouched forests, slightly dead forests, totally burnt forests – is important for regulating future fires, insect outbreaks, and as habitat.

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