Fire ignites dry sage brush and junipers as a prescribed burn flares up. Controlled burns are started in an attempt to manage the threat of wild

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Fire ignites dry sage brush and junipers as a prescribed burn flares up. Controlled burns are started in an attempt to manage the threat of wild land fire, a growing problem with drought increasing the size and intensity of fire because of climate change. Hot flames of prescribed burns reduce brush on Bureau of Land Management rangeland in eastern Oregon.

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Size: 5347px × 3591px
Location: Oregon, United States of America
Photo credit: © Melissa Farlow / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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