Carbondale Nature Park

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    Burning out the old, bringing in the new

    Burning out the old, bringing in the new thumbnail Last week, the Carbondale Parks Department began a controlled burn at the Nature Park. Photo by Olivia Emmer.

    Burning the land is a spring rite practiced for centuries around the world by the indigenous and attuned peoples of Earth. It perpetuates resilient succession within forests and renewal processes across grasslands. Fire has always been a natural part of evolution, and ancient humans picked up on that.
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