Forest fires are for Real.
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Pollution from forest fires is impacting the health of people with asthma and other chronic obstructive lung diseases. Climate change is widely expected to disrupt future fire patterns around the world, with some regions, such as the western United States, seeing more frequent fires within the next 30 years. Forest Fires are for real Frank Charney Obey local laws regarding open fires, including campfires. Open burning of brush to clear land prior to construction or burning of construction debris, household trash, or leaves is prohibited. Think about the environment before you burn anything on your camp site. Bring bags to dispose of trash instead of burning it.
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Pollution from forest fires is impacting the health of people with asthma and other chronic obstructive lung diseases.
Climate change is widely expected to disrupt future fire patterns around the world, with some regions, such as the western United States, seeing more frequent fires within the next 30 years.
Forest Fires are for real
Frank Charney
Obey local laws regarding open fires, including campfires. Open burning of brush to clear land prior to construction or burning of construction debris, household trash, or leaves is prohibited.
Think about the environment before you burn anything on your camp site. Bring bags to dispose of trash instead of burning it.
Forest fires are for real• BioMed Central Limited. "Measuring the consequence of forest fires on public
health." ScienceDaily, 28 Jan. 2013. Web. 22 Apr. 2013.
• University of California - Berkeley. "Climate change to alter global fire risk." ScienceDaily, 12 Jun. 2012. Web. 22 Apr. 2013.
• State of Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protectionhttp://www.ct.gov/deep/cwp/view.asp?a=2697&q=322784&deepNav_GID=1631http://www.ct.gov/deep/cwp/view.asp?a=2684&Q=321772&deepNav_GID=1619%20"DEEP: Forestry." DEEP: Forestry. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Apr. 2013. <http://www.ct.gov/deep/cwp/view.asp?a=2697>.
• Image: http://www.americanforests.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/smokey.jpg
Frank Charney
