title: ECOLOGY: Forest Fire Plan Kindles Debate.
abstract: Forest fires burning in the western United States have already scorched over 2.5 million hectares this summer. Now a federal proposal to prevent them by paying loggers to cut smaller trees is generating heat among ecologists, who say the approach may not be right for all forests--or all fires.
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Macneil