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photo: Prescribed fire at Abó, Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument.
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County road with smoke billowing across from prescribed fire used to help widen the buffer by thinning fuels near the park boundary at Wilson's Creek National Battlefield.
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07.03.2008
DINOSAUR NATIONAL MONUMENT, CO,UT
Teepee
This lightning caused fire is being managed under a confinement strategy with the Little Snake Field..
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07.02.2008
SAGUARO NATIONAL PARK, AZ
Chimenea
This lightning-ignited fire started on June 26 and is being managed for resource benefits...
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07.02.2008
WHISKEYTOWN NATIONAL RECREATION AREA, CA
Lightning fires at Whiskeytown
A lightening storm passed through the Whiskeytown area during the early morning hours of June 21, 2008...
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07.02.2008
GATES OF THE ARCTIC NATIONAL PARK & PRESERVE, AK
Reed River - ref#257, D84K
A local flight service reported the fire on June 27th. At the time, the fire was 80% active, moving quickly and torching...
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07.01.2008
SAGUARO NATIONAL PARK, AZ
Castro
Three crews constructed a fireline around the fire on June 28...
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