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. 2025 Aug 26;122(34):e2517596122.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.2517596122. Epub 2025 Aug 18.

Rediscovering fire

Stephen Pyne  1
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Rediscovering fire

Stephen Pyne. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. .
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Photograph of “light burning” in northern California, autumn 1910. Foresters condemned the technique, an adaptation of Indigenous practices, as a threat to their fire program and hence to state-sponsored conservation. Note the different character of the burning compared to contemporary prescribed fires that target fuel reduction. Image credit: U.S. Forest Service Historic Photograph Collection, National Archives.
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