<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/37fc3c44-bbd6-46b5-94f8-fb97c3ee74be/119836BA-99C7-40D9-985E-819BD209CE2F/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://green.nationalgeographic.com/environment/photos/wildfires-gallery/boise-wildfire.html" href="http://green.nationalgeographic.com/environment/photos/wildfires-gallery/boise-wildfire.html" style="font-size: 11px;">green.nationalgeographic.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://green.nationalgeographic.com/environment/photos/wildfires-gallery/boise-wildfire.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/green.nationalgeographic.com/img/400D06CD-4E09-4369-A23C-27BB03F373D2" alt="Photo: Lines of wildfire snaking through foothills" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://green.nationalgeographic.com/environment/photos/wildfires-gallery/boise-wildfire.html">High winds and hot temperatures fanned a 1996 wildfire in the foothills around Boise, Idaho, into an inferno that burned for seven days</blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://green.nationalgeographic.com/environment/photos/wildfires-gallery/mexico-fire.html" href="http://green.nationalgeographic.com/environment/photos/wildfires-gallery/mexico-fire.html" style="font-size: 11px;">green.nationalgeographic.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://green.nationalgeographic.com/environment/photos/wildfires-gallery/mexico-fire.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/green.nationalgeographic.com/img/965A4579-120D-45F4-B03E-D5E2455E5A11" alt="Photo: Fire in canyon" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://green.nationalgeographic.com/environment/photos/wildfires-gallery/mexico-fire.html">Fire is a natural part of a forest's life. In fact, the cones of some pine species won't release seeds unless they are exposed to intense heat. 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