This AP story indicates that in Israel, decided what to do after a forest fire--whether to "let nature take its course" or replant aggressively--
is an even more emotional issue than it has been in North America.
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A burnt forest is seen after a massive wildfire in the Carmel, northern Israel, Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2010. The fire broke out Thursday and burned a 20-square-mile (50-square-kilometer) area in the Carmel forest, a popular nature spot on Haifa's outskirts. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)
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Of course, they have less forest to start with, and it is almost all regrown in the last century since, as I understand, by the end of the
Ottoman Empire, the countryside was pretty much grazed down to nothing.
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It looks like a giant yarmulke!
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