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Many native animals and birds thrive in burned forests, research shows

  • Written by Derek E. Lee, Associate Research Professor of Biology, Pennsylvania State University
A Northern Spotted Owl in Oregon's Deschutes National Forest.AP Photo/Don Ryan, File

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke is blaming this summer’s large-scale wildfires on environmentalists, who he contends oppose “active management” in forests.

But the idea that wildfires should be suppressed by logging the forest is far too...

Read more: Many native animals and birds thrive in burned forests, research shows

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