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For decades, scientists have studied the ecological effects of wildfire on everything from soil and plants to tiny bugs and grizzly bears.
But the recent deaths of wildland firefighters in Washington and the disastrous 2000 fires in Los Alamos, N.M., helped to expose a gap in wildfire research on federal lands: how wildfires affect people.
“All the biological studies in the world won’t help you if you don’t have a clear understanding of the people you’re working with,” said Gary Machlis, a University of Idaho professor and the visiting chief social scientist with the National Park Service.
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