Fire on the Mountain: 2 Forests Offer Clues to Yellowstone's Fate in a Warming World
Price M. 2017. Fire on the Mountain: 2 Forests Offer Clues to Yellowstone's Fate in a Warming World. The New York Times. New York City, New York. 13 Sep 2017
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. — This is a tale of two forests, Densetown and Stumptown, whose paths diverged after a succession of wildfires. One illustrates the historic resilience of the dense Yellowstone pinelands; the other portends a much sparser future for these forests under climate change.
- Type
- Newspaper Article
- Authors
- Price, Michael
- Date of Issue
- 2017-09-13
- Publisher
- New York Times
- Units
- YELL
- Keywords
- climate change, old-growth forests, regrowth, wildfires
- Subjects
- Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Focal Species or Communities | Forest/Woodland Communities , Ecological Framework: Landscapes | Fire and Fuel Dynamics | Fire and Fuel Dynamics