WILDFIRE NEWS OF THE DAY - 080614

United States

(1) Although the National Interagency Fire Center indicated that fire activity is down this year across the West, firefighters battling current wildfires prepared for more of the same
Amid respite, West readies for more wildfires

(2) Wildfire NOTD subscriber Rick Halsey, Director of the California Chaparral Institute, sent along a treatise on the benefits wildfires convey to forests
11 Reasons Why Burned Forests are Beautiful

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