Forest fires release absorbed carbon back into the atmosphere, as does deforestation due to rapidly increased oxidation of soil organic matter.

Forest fires resulting from non-urban targets could increase aerosol production further.

* 1950 – Forest fires black out the sun over portions of Canada and New England.

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c ) Forest fires leave standing snags, and leave patches of unburned trees.

As of 2009, the Forest Service has a total budget authority of $ 5. 5 billion, of which 42 % is spent fighting fires.

Further, the Forest Service fought fires on of land.

Forest fires destroyed much of the original forest cover which was succeeded by tussock grassland.

Forest fires are more common close to edges as a consequence of increased desiccation at edges and increased understory growth present due to increased light availability.

Forest fires occur in the Ponderosa forests surrounding Mount Rushmore around every 27 years.

One segment originally seen on The Bullwinkle Show, " Stokey the Bear ", had been withheld from all reissues of the series because the U. S. Forest Service objected to the image of a bear that started forest fires.

* Both the U. S. Forest Service and the California Department of Forestry operate an Air Attack Base at the airport for fighting forest fires with aerial tankers.

Smokey Bear ( often called Smokey the Bear or simply Smokey ) is a mascot of the United States Forest Service created to educate the public about the dangers of forest fires.

A local Forest Ranger was accused of starting the fires intentionally in order to keep him in employment as his contract was due to expire.

Forest fires were a natural part of the Boundary Waters ecosystem before fire suppression efforts during the 20th century, with recurrence intervals of 30 – 300 years in most areas.

Forest fires in northern Canada, southeast of Great Slave Lake

: Fire: Human activity such as logging causes an increase in debris along forest floors that makes the Atlantic Forest more susceptible to fires.

Some, like Gaia's Forest, cause new forest to generate, which provides a far more effective wall that only villagers ( or forest fires or colossi ) can break through.

Forest fires and weeds also contribute to habitat destruction.

After the fires of 1881, people started to organize firefighting plans and by the 1900s the timber barons were suffering huge losses due to forest fires, so they developed the Northern Forest and Protection Association to manage forest fires in Michigan, later replaced by the USDA Forest Service.

The Black Forest (, ) is a wooded mountain range in Baden-Württemberg, southwestern Germany.

Geoffrey Donovan of the U. S. Forest Service, one of the researchers, said, " trees, which provide a range of other benefits, could improve quality of life in Portland by reducing crime ..." and he said that is because " We believe that large street trees can reduce crime by signaling to a potential criminal that a neighborhood is better cared for and, therefore, a criminal is more likely to be caught.

To the north of the Danube lies the Austrian ( southern ) portion of the Bohemian Massif known as the Bohemian Forest ( Böhmerwald ), a relatively lower mountain range of granite ( 10 % of the Austrian land area ).

Today, Forest Service researchers work in a range of biological, physical, and social science fields to promote sustainable management of Nation's diverse forests and rangelands.

All human civilization east of the Cloudspine mountain range, from the Twelve Duns to Gower, and south to the borders of Forest Heart, was eradicated.

* Forest beat, in forestry administration, a divisional subunit of a Forest range

The Westerwald (; literally ' Western Forest ') is a low mountain range on the right bank of the River Rhine in the German federal states of Rhineland-Palatinate, Hesse and North Rhine-Westphalia.

Cleburne County is home to Alabama's highest natural point on Cheaha Mountain which is part of the southernmost mountain range in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Cleburne County Courthouse in March 1980. Cheaha Mountain, Cleburne CountyShoal Creek Church is a historic church located in Cleburne County just north of Edwardsville, Alabama | Edwardsville, Alabama in Talladega National Forest.

Cayey is located in a valley surrounded by La Sierra de Cayey, a mountain range where the Carite Forest Reserve is located, and the Cordillera Central, a mountain range that covers most of the central part of Puerto Rico.

The eastern portion of the county is located in the highest peaks of the San Juan Mountains, around the old mining and modern tourist town of Rico, and except for cattle grazing in the San Juan National Forest, has virtually no agriculture, in part because its elevations range from 9, 000 to 14, 000 +.

This includes four libraries, a senior center, a teen center, an aquatics center, city-owned camp located in the San Bernardino National Forest An indoor 20 lane 50-foot marksmanship range is also available for firearms training and Contract use.

The northern slopes of the range comprise one of the most densely tracked areas in the White Mountain National Forest.

The Teutoburg Forest () is a range of low, forested mountains in the German states of Lower Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia which is believed to be the scene of a decisive battle in AD 9.

The hill forms the northern end of the Mid-Cheshire Ridge, a range of sandstone hills that extends southwards to Delamere Forest and Tarporley.

The best recreational destinations include Poland's Masurian Lake District, Baltic Sea coast, Tatra Mountains ( the highest mountain range of Carpathians ), Sudetes and Białowieża Forest.

** Lion, Panthera leo ( Africa, Gir Forest in India ; extinct in former range of southeast Europe, Middle East, much of Asia, and North America )

It is at 6300 Forest Lawn Drive in the Hollywood Hills neighborhood in the Hollywood district of Los Angeles, California, on the lower north slope at the far east end of the Santa Monica Mountains range that overlooks North Hollywood and Burbank in the San Fernando Valley from its southeast.

It overlaps, but is not conterminous with, the Bregenz Forest Mountains which are a range of the Northern Limestone Alps, specifically the northern flysch zone.

The Chugach people gave their name to Chugach National Forest, the Chugach Mountains, and Alaska's Chugach State Park, all located in or near the traditional range of the Chugach people in southcentral Alaska.

Forest Peoples Programme produces a wide range of publications, including reports, briefings, training manuals, papers, submissions to human rights bodies, statements, letters, urgent action requests, as well as news articles and the FPP E-Newsletter.

The Forest Raven inhabits a wide range of habitat within Tasmania such as woods, open interrupted forest, mountains, coastal areas, farmland and town and city fringes.

There is a remarkable similarity between the Vosges and the corresponding range of the Black Forest on the other side of the Rhine: both lie within the same degrees of latitude, have similar geological formations and are characterized by forests on their lower slopes, above which are open pastures and rounded summits of a rather uniform altitude ; furthermore, both exhibit steeper slopes towards the Rhine and a more gradual descent on the other side.