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Glacier National Park

Large wildfires, like the 2006 Red Eagle Fire that devastated this tract of Montana's Glacier National Park, can cause deeper problems. When forests are stripped bare, rain and meltwater run through unimpeded, causing potentially dangerous and destructive flood conditions.

Photograph by Michael Melford