Peter Kolb took this photograph in 2019, the year after the Woods Creek Fire scorched 15,250 acres in the Belt Mountains northeast of Townsend, Montana. The photo appears in his What Is Climate Forestry? essay along with many illustrations and graphs that explain the numerous roles adaptive forestry plays in reducing our carbon footprint. The green area in the foreground is new growth in a small clearcut. The adjacent black area was killed in the fire that was unable to enter the green area for reasons Kolb explains in Climate Smart Forestry.
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