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  • The 232-year history of prairie fire in Midwestern US

    Oct 19, 2021 10:00 am by Diana YatesResearch
    Photo of a prairie fire with yellow grass in the foreground. (Photo courtesy Urbana Park District)

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    • Photo of a prairie fire with yellow grass in the foreground. (Photo courtesy Urbana Park District)

    A study of first-person accounts of fires occurring between 1673 and 1905 in the Midwest has given us the first systematic analysis of the timing, causes and consequences of prairie fires in this part of the world.