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Multi-agency Effort Goes Deep Inside a Fire (www.usda.gov)

08/13/2019

Forest fires often reach or exceed temperatures of 2,000° Fahrenheit—that’s equivalent to one-fifth the temperature of the surface of the sun. What is the impact of such high temperatures on the soil and plants of our forests? USDA Forest Service scientists and others with the interagency Fire and Smoke Model Evaluation Experiment (FASMEE) teamed up with the Fishlake National Forest Richfield Ranger District to study a prescribed fire from start to finish.

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