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National Parks
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Firefighters successfully managed a 60-acre fire that could protect an area of Rocky Mountain National Park for the next decade
Earlier this week, firefighters and forestry technicians set fire to some of Rocky Mountain National Park’s most visited terrain, with more than 60 acres of the park set aflame as part of a prescribed burn.
Prescribed burns are planned fires that are often utilized to manage vegetation, restore natural woodlands, or to research a given area
This particular prescribed fire is part of a larger 1,800-acre area in the park that the NPS hopes to burn within the next five years in order to protect the park and the nearby town of Estes Park from future wildfires.
Why is this good news?Because it’s worked before! When a wildfire threatened that town five years ago, it stopped at a burn line from a previous prescribed burn. Not only do they protect communities, they keep forests and parks “resistant to wildfire and help the ecosystems thrive.”
Endangered sea turtle populations are showing signs of recovery in more than half of the world
A new global study found that endangered sea turtles are showing signs of recovery in a majority of places where they are found in the world. Experts say it’s a “real conservation success” story.
Scientists studied 48 populations of sea turtles, measuring the impact of threats like hunting, pollution, coastal development, and climate change. In more than half the areas they studied, those threats are declining overall. Still, sea turtles getting entangled in fishing nets remains a major threat globally.
The only species not recovering as well as the others was leatherback turtles, which are vulnerable to extinction globally. All seven areas where they are found in the world still face high environmental risks.
⚰️ Activists are making sure lawmakers know the damage their global health funding cuts are doing.
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What’s good?
Firefighters and park workers are so inspiring. I loved learning more in-depth about controlled, prescribed burns as a means of caring for our forests and nearby communities.
Were you familiar with the concept of prescribed burns?
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