Fire History Timeline 1804-2004 National Park Service

Fire History Timeline 1804-2004 National Park Service

Since the establishment of Yellowstone National Park as the world’s first national park in 1872, the desire to suppress, control, and manage fire has been an integral part of the management of federal park areas. Managers, first the U.S. Army and, after 1916, the National Park Service, have tried to put fire out, to use it as a tool while trying to prevent harm to property and people, and ultimately to strike some balance between the presence of fire and its enforced absence. These goals and ideals shifted over time, as culture and science suggested better alternatives.

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Source: Night Monitoring. Bandelier National Monument, New Mexico. See more photographs from NPS

Also, source: Hal K. Rothman. National Park Service. U.S. Department of the Interior. See also: Timeline

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