Why was one fire so much more destructive? Experts attribute the difference to variations in weather, vegetation and topography. The management history of each landscape also played a role: Yosemite boasts decades of active stewardship, including prescribed burns, while areas outside the park bear a legacy of industrial logging and fire suppression.
Two California fires in the Sierra Nevada have very different outcomes. Why?
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