After a visit to Yellowstone in 2005, I decided to return in 2008 to do a 20th anniversary piece about the 1988 fires. I couldn't believe that the fires were 20 years ago because the trees looked like they had been freshly burned.
In June 2008, I went back to Yellowstone and toured burned areas of the park with vegetation specialist Roy Renkin. This piece takes a look back at that summer and what park officials went through and also talks about fire history.
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After a visit to Yellowstone in 2005, I decided to return in 2008 to do a 20th anniversary piece about the 1988 fires. I couldn't believe that the fires were 20 years ago because the trees looked like they had been freshly burned. In June 2008, I went back to Yellowstone and toured burned areas of the park with vegetation specialist Roy Renkin. This piece takes a look back at that summer and what park officials went through and also talks about fire history.
Transcript
HOST/ANNOUNCER or JENNIE:
2008 marks the 20th anniversary of intense fires that blazed through Yellowstone National Park. Fire is a natural part of the park and occurs regularly, but in 1988, Yellowstone was affected by fires that you only see once a century. [Jennie Cecil Moore reports from Yellowstone-use if announcer reads].
HOST/ANNOUNCER or JENNIE: In 1988, the park saw the driest summer in its history up until then. There was an early start to the fire season, but that was not unusual. Even in July, the fires didn?t exceed the scope of previous years. But when August came, park officials knew they were up against a special force. [Jennie Cecil Moore reports from Yellowstone-use if announcer reads].
The first fire was recorded as starting on June 14. Many more small fires were ignited throughout the park an fused into large-scale blazes. The fires affected more than 793,000...
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