Comments on: Yellowstone Is Green 23 Years After Fire https://boiseguardian.com/2011/07/26/yellowstone-is-green-23-years-after-fire/ A different slant on the news. Wed, 17 Aug 2011 17:56:03 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: BC https://boiseguardian.com/2011/07/26/yellowstone-is-green-23-years-after-fire/#comment-24487 Wed, 17 Aug 2011 17:56:03 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/?p=6777#comment-24487 Too bad forest management was so short-sided to spurn bio-diversity in favor of the rapid growth of one tree species. The fires of the late 80s were caused by poor management strategy (put out all fires – let overgrowth accumulate) and poor management will be the cause of fires in a few short years thanks to the beetles. See http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/jan/15/beetle-infestation-get-much-worse/

]]> By: Zippo https://boiseguardian.com/2011/07/26/yellowstone-is-green-23-years-after-fire/#comment-24246 Tue, 26 Jul 2011 22:55:20 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/?p=6777#comment-24246 Heck, it was green the next year. 1989-90 was a great year to see the park. Fire is Mother Nature’s way. Good they saved the old buildings, bad they changed the policy so that fire can’t get it’s work done. Bad they’ve turned it into yet anouther huge budget program. How much did it cost you to see your park this year?

EDITOR NOTE–Since the federal government has practiced age discrimination I get in for free. Younger people (under 62) are charged $25. Used to be a “victim” and now I am a beneficiary…what a country!

]]> By: Cyclops https://boiseguardian.com/2011/07/26/yellowstone-is-green-23-years-after-fire/#comment-24245 Tue, 26 Jul 2011 22:53:09 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/?p=6777#comment-24245 Isn’t it amazing how resilient old ‘Mother nature’ is? It seems she has been able to take anything we throw against her every time.
Great job Dave.

]]> By: A.K. Lienhart-Minnick https://boiseguardian.com/2011/07/26/yellowstone-is-green-23-years-after-fire/#comment-24243 Tue, 26 Jul 2011 20:52:06 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/?p=6777#comment-24243 Your photos are really spectacular, David. As usual! The one of the lodge conveys all the sense of potential loss and the urgency firefighters must have felt. I wonder if anything quite conveys how terrifying a force the wild fires are in such dry conditions.

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