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Archive for June, 2009

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Fire affects global climate change

Fire is an important and under-appreciated part of global climate change.
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-04/nsf-fia042309.php

This study identifies significant contributions of fire to climate change and identifies feedbacks between fire and climate change.


2009 controlled fire media

KREM News out of Spokane did this coverage on a controlled burn in NE Washington.
There is a video component to this report.
What I found interesting were the comments at the end of the article.
There are a lot of opportunities for education about the benefits of controlled/prescribed burning.