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Archive Home > 2002 > August > 04 > Fires can destroy or help forests

Fires can destroy or help forests

Ecologists find intensity of blaze can affect recovery of plants, animals

By Rachel Odell / The Bulletin
August 4, 2002

The western wildfires burning across hundreds of thousands of acres this year have killed soil nutrients and trees, and displaced scores of animals.

Topping records for their size and intensity, some fires have burned so severely they've left behind denuded slopes with dead soil, promoting....

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