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  2. Taiga of North America - Wikipedia

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    Fire is the dominant type of disturbance in boreal North America, but the past 30-plus years have seen a gradual increase in fire frequency and severity as a result of warmer and drier conditions. From the 1960s to the 1990s, the annual area burned increased from an average of 1.4 to 3.1 million hectares per year.

  3. Taiga - Wikipedia

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    Taiga in its current form is a relatively recent phenomenon, having only existed for the last 12,000 years since the beginning of the Holocene epoch, covering land that had been mammoth steppe or under the Scandinavian Ice Sheet in Eurasia and under the Laurentide Ice Sheet in North America during the Late Pleistocene.

  4. Boreal ecosystem - Wikipedia

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    A boreal ecosystem is an ecosystem with a subarctic climate located in the Northern Hemisphere, approximately between 50° and 70°N latitude. These ecosystems are commonly known as taiga and are located in parts of North America, Europe, and Asia. [1] The ecosystems that lie immediately to the south of boreal zones are often called hemiboreal ...

  5. Taiga Plains Ecozone (CEC) - Wikipedia

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    Its eastern boundary is located by Great Bear and Great Slave lakes in the Taiga Shield, site of the world's oldest known rock formations. [3] To its south are the Boreal Plains, a vast forest of spruce and other timber with numerous wetland habitats.

  6. Northwest Territories taiga - Wikipedia

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    The climate of the ecoregion is Subarctic climate, without dry season (Köppen climate classification Subarctic climate (Dfc)). This climate is characterized by mild summers (only 1–3 months above 10 °C (50.0 °F)) and cold, snowy winters (coldest month below −3 °C (26.6 °F)).

  7. 30 NC counties are currently under a burn ban. Updated map ...

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    Also in the affected area are 13 state parks where all open fires – including campfires – are prohibited until further notice. The parks are: The parks are: Chimney Rock State Park

  8. Alaska Peninsula montane taiga - Wikipedia

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    This ecoregion is a mountainous area of ridges up to 1200m between peaks up to 2500m, located on the southern, Pacific Ocean side of the Alaska Peninsula from Cook Inlet west through the Kodiak Archipelago to Unimak Island at the beginning of the Aleutian Islands chain, while the area around Cook Inlet at the head of the peninsula is the neighboring Cook Inlet taiga ecoregion.

  9. The Best Barbecue in America Was Just Revealed, and You ... - AOL

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    Known for its traditional open flame, 100-percent wood-fire-on-a-pit style of cooking, the chain delivers a culinary experience that looks to preserve one of the oldest forms of cooking while ...