How Wildfires Help!

Roasting marshmallows over a fire is a lot of fun, but did you know that, in nature, fire keeps our forests clean and healthy and even helps some plants grow?

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SOURCES:
http://www.fire.ca.gov/communications/downloads/fact_sheets/TheBenefitsofFire.pdf
https://www.fws.gov/northeast/refuges/fire/firewildlife.html
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/BOREASFire/
https://www.na.fs.fed.us/spfo/pubs/silvics_manual/Volume_1/pinus/clausa.htm
https://www.ncsu.edu/project/dendrology/index/plantae/vascular/seedplants/gymnosperms/conifers/pine/pinus/contortae/sand/sandpine.html

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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ASmores-Microwave.png
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AShadows_on_forest_floor_(6235032583).jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ALeaves_on_a_Forest_Floor_(3022315693).jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ADecaying_log.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AWildFireAreaNHorken0709_first_summer_Pinus_sylvestris.JPG
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AWildFireAreaNHorken1006-Moss1.JPG