Fire Ecology
Submitted by Elsbeth Inglett on February 2, 2011 - 4:06pm
Curriculum Resource
Fire Ecology:
Are forest fires always a bad thing?
We'll look at the role of fire in our northern Arizona ponderosa pine ecosystem and how land managers use fire to maintain and create wildlife habitat.
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