Giant forest fires exterminate spotted owls

ENN
Aug 3, 2016, 8:17 am6 pts
As climate changes and wildfires get larger, hotter and more frequent, how should public lands in the American West be managed to protect endangered creatures that, like the spotted owl, rely on fire-prone old-growth forests?Could periodic forest thinning and prescribed burns intended to prevent dangerous…

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