Science. 2000 Sep 1;289(5484):1448b-9b. doi: 10.1126/science.289.5484.1448b.
Forest fires burning in the western United States have already scorched over 2.5 million hectares this summer. Now a federal proposal to prevent them by paying loggers to cut smaller trees is generating heat among ecologists, who say the approach may not be right for all forests--or all fires.
今年夏天，美国西部的森林大火已经烧焦了超过 250 万公顷的土地。现在，一项联邦提案建议通过付费让伐木工砍伐较小的树木来防止森林火灾，这在生态学家中引起了争议，他们表示这种方法可能并不适用于所有森林或所有火灾。
