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How prescribed burns could help forests withstand disease and heat
Sofia Jeremias
© Brian Melley, Associated Press
Firefighter Andrew Pettit walks among the flames during a prescribed fire in Cedar Grove at Kings Canyon National Park, Calif. on June 11, 2019. The prescribed burn, a low-intensity, closely managed fire, was intended to clear out undergrowth and protect the heart of Kings Canyon National Park from a future threatening wildfire.
The weather is warming, the ground is drying and all across the West two things are becoming evident as summer nears: there is not enough water and fire season could be brutal.
Out of control, high severity fires are becoming increasingly frequent and threaten forests in the West. Nearly 6% of forests in the Sierra Nevada are at risk of conversion a process where grassland or invasive species take over previously forested land, and somewhere between 1.6%-15.1% are threatened in the Intermountain West ....

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