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Healthy Forests, An Initiative for Wildfire Prevention and Stronger Communities
Aftermath of the Squires Fire
The Healthy Forest Area Survives
These severe fires destroy forests, killing trees, sterilizing soils and accelerating erosion
These severe fires destroy forests, killing trees, sterilizing soils and accelerating erosion

 
Fire behavior in a small area that was thinned: Fire burns low and on the ground Fire behavior in unthinned forests: Fires burn at high temperatures and reaches tops of trees
Trees in thinned forest survive fires unharmed and renewed These severe fires destroy forests, killing trees, sterilizing soils and accelerating erosion

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