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The Great Fires of 1947 were a series of forest fires in the State of Maine in the United States that destroyed a total area of 17,188 acres (6,956 ha) of wooded land on Mount Desert Island and 200,000 acres (81,000 ha) statewide. [1]
As of Wednesday, the Maine Forest Service had responded to 379 wildfires that burned 257 acres this year. A tracking chart posted Wednesday by the Maine Forest Service attributed 153 of those ...
Since 1995, the US Forest Service has slowly incorporated burning practices into its forest management policies. [ 10 ] Fire suppression has changed the composition and ecology of North American habitats, including highly fire-dependent ecosystems such as oak savannas [ 54 ] [ 55 ] and canebrakes, [ 56 ] [ 57 ] which are now critically ...
Police protection within the park is provided by the park's Law Enforcement Ranger staff and local Maine IF&W Wardens. Fire protection is provided by the Maine Forest Service; waste disposal and recycling is addressed through the park's Carry-In, Carry-Out policy. Maintenance is done by the many volunteer workers and paid employees of the park.
That year, Forest Service Chief Randy Moore ordered a 90-day pause on prescribed burns to review fire programs across the country after two escaped burns northwest of Las Vegas, N.M., merged to ...
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The Worumbo Mill was a historic mill on the bank of the Androscoggin River in Lisbon Falls, Maine. Founded in 1864, it was at one point the community's largest employer. Its main building, dating to its founding, was destroyed by fire in 1987. The complex was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973, and was delisted in 2017. [1]
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