Dueling Mandates in Yellowstone

The dilemma is that the Wildland fires can help create the landscapes people love to see but they can also disrupt vacations and change the look of the park. Grasses ,flowers and trees are rapidly replacing burned trees. Despite the disadvantages, the Yellowstone ecosystem needs fire to stay healthy. In summers like 1988,thousands of acres may burn,even if the fires are fought.In summers of severe drought,lightning caused wildfires are common. The solution is that we need to allow lightning caused fires to burn out on their own,but stop all human caused fires. I chose this solution because we need to stop all human caused fires because they are ruining the park. Instead  of fighting the lightning caused fires we should let them burn out on their own. That should stop human caused fires from ruining this beautiful park. This park is supposed to be beautiful, not burned because humans are starting fires. Yellowstone does need fire to stay healthy but not fire from humans. Fires can change the look of the park and ruin vacations too. Thousands of acres may even burn. Grasses are slowly replacing burned down tree.That is why I chose this solution.

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