
Fight wildfires with fire
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Image: US Fish and Wildlife
Visitors to Cleveland National Forest might find Forest Service employees purposefully setting fires within park boundaries. The Forest Service even advertises these fires as controlled burn-alerts on their website. One justification is that these controlled burns prevent wildfire. This is a literal example of fighting fire with fire, but how does it work?
In3-ESS3-1, students are asked to make a claim about the merit of a design solution to reduce the impact of a weather-related hazard. How can fire be used to mitigate wildfire? What steps could be taken to reduce the chance of massive wildfires?
Resources:
Forest Service: Controlled Burns
Type
Phenomena
Subject
Earth and Space Science
Life Science
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