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The miracle of recovery: though the ecological legacy of the Yellowstone wildfires is a mixed bag for some species, the forest's remarkable recovery shows how the news media overstated the fire's impact. (Environment).
When it comes to sustaining or renewing Earth's resources, man's relatively puny efforts, via such collectivist ploys as Earth Summits and special-interest environmental crusades, pale in comparison to the wondrous checks and balances built into God's creation.
Consider, for instance, the aftermath of forest fires. During most of the last century (until the early 1970s), our federal fire-fighting bureaucracy deemed such fires so inherently destructive that they required prompt, complete suppression from the first spark. Similarly, for most Americans steeped in Smokey the Bear's "Only you can prevent forest fires!" mantra, the very thought that forest fires might ...
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- Magazine article from: The Economist (US) September 3, 1988 700+ words
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- Newspaper article from: The Washington Post Peter Pae August 8, 1988 700+ words
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- Newspaper article from: The Washington Post Roger Petterson August 31, 1988 700+ words
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