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The smoke from a prescribed burn lingers in a ponderosa pine forest in Kings Canyon National Park, California. Crews in the park undertake controlled fires to restore the natural fire cycle and prevent a dangerous accumulation of understory vegetation.

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Copyright: Ethan Welty
Image Size: 1000x667 / 461.1KB; www.weltyphotography.com; North America United States USA California Sierra Nevada Mountains Kings Canyon National Park color image horizontal outdoors day nobody forest plant tree smoke fire ponderosa pine evergreen environment scenery land management forestry ecology conservation prescribed burn
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The smoke from a prescribed burn lingers in a ponderosa pine forest in Kings Canyon National Park, California. Crews in the park undertake controlled fires to restore the natural fire cycle and prevent a dangerous accumulation of understory vegetation.