
The Rim Fire one year later: a natural experiment in fire ecology and management
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, July 31, 2014 Contact: Ecological Society of America: Liza Lester (202) 833-8773 x 211; llester@esa.org U.S. Forest Service: Jon Heil (707) 562-9004, jheil@fs.fed.us  The enormous conflagration known as the Rim Fire was in full fury, raging swiftly from crown to crown among mature trees, when it entered the backcountry of Yosemite National Park in California’s…