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Wildfire Summary
1,302 words, approx. 4 pages
Few natural forces match fire for its range of impact on the human consciousness, with a roaring forest fire at one extreme and a warming and comforting campfire or cooking flame at the other. Along with earth, water, and air, fire is one of the...
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Indonesian Forest Fires Summary
1,248 words, approx. 4 pages
For several months in 1997 and 1998, a thick pall of smoke covered much of Southeast Asia. Thousands of forest fires burning simultaneously on the Indonesian islands of Kalimantan (Borneo) and Sumatra, are thought to have destroyed about 8,000 mi2...
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Forest Fires Summary
19,653 words, approx. 66 pages
For decades Americans have battled forest fires believing that they were saving valuable living landscapes from certain destruction. Yet where fire has been eliminated, forest health has suffered. Today scientists as well as government officials believe...
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Wildfire Information
5,499 words, approx. 18 pages
Wildfire  · Bushfire Wildland fire...


News and Journals
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NEA Today
Wildfire
01/01/2004: 864 words, approx. 3 pages
Two teachers pick up the pieces after the deadly California fires destroy their home. We had seen the fires on the morning that would be the last day in the home we loved. But despite the strong Santa Ana winds, we were convinced...
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The Boston Globe
Wrongheaded On Wildfires
05/12/2003: 439 words, approx. 2 pages
LAST YEAR the Western Governors Association, concerned about damaging wildfires in the region, put together a 10-year plan for dealing with them. Sensibly, its major goals focused on protecting life and property by thinning trees and underbrush around houses and protecting watersheds. This...
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AP News
Wildfires threaten Montana homes
7/31/2007: 390 words, approx. 1 pages
Firefighters faced windy but cooler weather Tuesday as they battled wildfires that threatened hundreds of homes around Montana.More than 100 homes and other buildings were menaced by a trio of wildfires southeast of Missoula. One of those fires, a 1,511-acre blaze east of Clinton, was...
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AP News
Idaho wildfires force evacuations
8/14/2007: 577 words, approx. 2 pages
Dozens of people were ordered to evacuate two small central Idaho towns on Tuesday as an 88-square-mile group of fires moved in their direction.Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter ordered the evacuations of Yellow Pine and Johnson Creek at the request of Valley County Sheriff Patti Bolen.Across...
 


Criticism and Essays
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Essay Grade: 83%
Fighting Forest Fires
403 words, approx. 1 pages
Describes the many practices and recommended ways for dealing with forest fires. Discusses the history of fighting forest fires. Explores the environmental factors contributing to forest fires.


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