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The important point is that healthy ecosystems have a diversity of disturbances. Among the types of disturbances, fire stands out as one of the most important in western landscapes. Fire is necessary for continued viability of many species such as aspen. Here, young aspen sprout up in the Thirtymile fire of Washington just two months after the fire burned through. - photo courtesy of Pacific Biodiversity Institute