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Fire and Aviation
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: Fire & Aviation : Friend or Foe
Fire is one of the most powerful
forces of nature. While fire can be devastating and frightening,
it is also essential for a healthy ecosystem. Is fire our friend
or our foe? The answer is not simple because it all depends... Fire
is linked to many other natural resources-plants, animals, water
soil and trees. Fire is also linked to you. We use fire to keep
warm, to cook, to build and to create ambiance. But how do we decide
when fire is beneficial and when it is devastating? Much of how
we feel about fire depends on our past experiences with it. When
fires destroy homes and lives, denude forests and plunder watersheds,
fire is catastrophic. But fire can bring renewal to a landscape.
It can create grassy meadows, grow new plants, provide food for
deer and elk, thin out the trees so that the forest can become resilient
and healthy.
Whether you think that fire is friend
or foe, it is part of your life while living in the southwest.
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