Forest fires have been around since the dawn of time. Ever since the first fire nature has evolved to handle it. Forrest fires have changed the landscape of America over the ages, but the forests still stand tall all over the US. So how can a person say that a forest is bad for the environment? Throughout this essay I hope to show that forest fires are not entirely bad. In fact they are a crucial part of life.
The ecological role of fires in nature is a vital part of life for some trees. One example of this is the pine trees witch has cones. When heat is present, the cones open up and release seeds. If there is no heat applied to the cone, the cone will not open up therefore the seeds remain inside. In Northern California there are large sequoias that need forests fires to help with the next generation of trees. Without fires to burn out the underbrush, the baby sequoias will not get the sun light they need to grow. This is yet another example of how fires aid nature. So one might ask, "Who is in charge of the forests?" the U.S. Forest Service is. .
Since the formation of the U.S. Forest Service, their approach to dealing with forests fires has changed the ways of the entire U.S. In the beginning, the U.S. Forest Service said, "lets attack it head on" but that didn't work for too long. After a large number of people gave their lives while trying to put out fires, the U.S. Forest Service said to prevent fires from ever occurring. That is when Smokey the Bear was started. He preached that fire was evil, and it was the public's job to help prevent the fires from starting up. After following this system, the ground fuels started to build up. Since there were no fires to keep them down, this was a catalyst to the largest fire season in the last 80 to 100 years. After that historical fire season, the U.S. Forest Service has gone to better fire management systems like prescribed burns, and mechanical thinning.
In 1988, in Yellowstone Park a forest fire burnt down 4,300 square kilometers of land. ... Forest fires destroy about three million acres of land each year! ... (J, 1) There are three different types of forest fires. ... That kind of forest fire isn't very strong. Another type of forest fire is a surface fire. ...
This has been a year for forest fire in British Columbia. ... Many homes had been lost from forest fires already. ... Jobs in the forest industry will also be affected by the fires. ... Many soldiers have been sent to fight British Columbia's forest fires. ... This has been an historical year for forest fires in brutish Columbia. ...
He was sent there to protect the forest by terrifying any man that dared enter the forest by using his size and god-like feature to be almost unstoppable when at the right moment. ... "The Balrog" from the Lord of the Rings movie is a perfect example to connect Humbaba, a giant beast that protects the Cedar Forest, to The Balrog, one of many servants of Morgoth who are described as tall and terrifying with the ability to surround themselves in fire, darkness, and shadow. ... Humbaba was assigned to be the protector of the Cedar Forest, and to do this he'd need traits or characte...
The most devastating fire in their eyes was the Peshtigo forest fire that swept through all of northeast Wisconsin claiming 1200 lives. ... The Chicago Fire caused heart ache to the people at that time and people today but when you look at the facts, it is so clear that the Peshtigo fire caused more damage and caused more deaths than the Chicago fire. ... To some the Peshtigo Fire was the most devastating fire to hit America. ... Yet most people have never heard of the Great Peshtigo Fire because, strangely, it occurred at the exact same time as The Chicago Fire. ... Both fires mean somethin...
MAINE FOREST SERVICE: POSITION ON CLEAR-CUTTING We, the Maine Forest Service, in general, don't believe in the practice of clear-cutting for sustainable forest management. ... Firstly, the committee should be informed of the research that the Maine Forest Service has done to examine the effects of clear-cutting on the forest environment as a whole. ... The forest soil, is possibly the most valuable resource in the forest. ... Next, to remove the debris other than roots and stumps, logging companies typically set fire to the clear-cut area, inadvertently, causing a "scorched earth" scen...
These uses range from fire retarding wood, to retarding forest ranges. The fire retarding of furniture and drapes can greatly decrease the chance of a house fire. ... Also, the fire retarding of plants and forest ranges is very helpful in the fight against forest fires. Fire proofing wood decreases fires in industrial and residential areas. ... Also they can be used on crops to stop forest fire from damaging crops. ...
The article starts with a brief history of the fire and similar fires as well as analysis of other areas of context. Though Yellowstone was burning, the government had a policy of letting forest fires in national parks take their course if ecologists deemed it necessary. ... By combining sensational images of burning forests with accounts using metaphors of death, the opposition to the government's policy painted a ghastly portait of the fire. ... This pattern of using a metaphor of rebirth included emphasizing the natural cycles of forests (Visions of rebirth, para. 2) and the vegetati...
The Woods Hole Research Center's study shows that the Amazon forests are being destroyed at twice the rate as the Brazilian authorities first believed ("Amazon forest loss," 1999). ... One more indicator is that Nepstad's team found out that much of the logging deforestation and surface fires aren't calculated in the amount or rate of destruction, thus making the actual rate a lot worse than thought, considering these two particular types of destruction make up more than half of the total destroyed forest each year ("Amazon forest loss," 1999). ... Forest cover will even br...
Wooden fires are controlled more easily by removing the wood from the fire zone. In forest fires remove the brush and the fire will run out fuel. ... Class B fires are liquid fires which consist of flammable liquids and gasses. ... These fire extinguishers have to suppress the fire without reacting to it otherwise the fire will explode. ... Fire engines can respond quickly to fire situations and help control them. ...
