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'Good' Forest Fires: Should Smokey Bear Retire?

caption: A roadside sign warns of fire danger during the Beaver Creek Fire in Idaho in 2013.
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A roadside sign warns of fire danger during the Beaver Creek Fire in Idaho in 2013.
Flickr photo/U.S. Department of Agriculture (CC BY 2.0)

David Hyde talks to former firefighter and environmental historian Stephen Pyne, who says we should retire Smokey Bear and light more "good" fires.

Photo: 20130830-OSEC-DL-0001 by U.S. Department of Agriculture on flickr (CC BY 2.0)

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