OFTEN THE LONG-TERM CONSEQUENCE OF FIRE PROTECTION HAS BEEN, IRONICALLY, CATASTROPHIC FIRE
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FIGURE 7.20 The Wallow Fire of 2011 burned with such intensity that it consumed more than 200,000 hectares (500,000 acres) of forest in Arizona before firefighters could contain it. One consequence of intense forest fires, such as the Wallow Fire, is massive soil loss to erosion.
(U.S. Forest Service, Apache Sitgreaves National Forest) (U.S. Geological Survey)