While many people, including far too many in the environmental movement, bemoan tree mortality from large wildfires, I tend to take a different perspective. In many instances, I see a future wilderness area or park.
The proposed Great Burn Wilderness was charred by a large wildfire in 1910. Heart Lake, Great Burn area, Bitterroot Mountains, Lolo National Forest, Montana. Photo by George Wuerthner One consequence of high-severity wildfires is th…
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