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Opinion
Nature 406, 661 (17 August 2000) | doi:10.1038/35021255
Seeing the wood for the trees
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Abstract
The spectacular US forest fires should be a stimulus to improving the management of the ecosystems in the American west.
This summer's news that 70 major fires are burning out of control in the western United States is a familiar story that gets increasingly worse with each passing year. Four million acres have been lost to fire so far this year.
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