The Story Behind the Yellowstone Fires of 1988 | Retro Report | The New York Times

Summer of Fire: The lessons learned from the summer of 1988 when fires burned nearly one third of Yellowstone National Park continue to shape the way we fight wildfires raging across the West today.

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