Why Fish Care About Forest Fires

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We don't think of rivers and lakes as something that are greatly affected by fires, but it turns out these disasters can have a big effect on the acquatic wildlife that calls these places home.


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https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2019/nasa-tracks-wildfires-from-above-to-aid-firefighters-below
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Wenatchee_River_west_of_Leavenworth,_WA_02.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chinook_salmon_01.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bull_Trout_(5387850779).jpg
https://www.storyblocks.com/video/stock/big-smoke-billows-in-a-pine-forest-during-a-large-wildfire-rl_65lsrfjcsd5fwp
https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/aerial-view-truck-forest-fire-burning-smoking-and-making-stock-footage/1299407782?adppopup=true
https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/idyllic-forest-glade-mossy-woodland-golden-rays-of-royalty-free-image/1199017962?adppopup=true
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fire_biologist_lights_controlled_burn_(6022164769).jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Firefighters_conducting_burnout_operation_(29396644407).jpg

https://www.flickr.com/photos/39108150@N05/44746197792/
https://www.storyblocks.com/video/stock/large-flames-of-forest-fire-346735606
https://www.storyblocks.com/video/stock/under-water-shot-of-brown-trout-swimming-around-a-natural-stream-the-light-catches-them-to-show-why-they-are-called-brown-trout-rubehkdeleixpdnqxg
https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/evergreen-tree-sprouts-in-the-ashes-of-a-forest-royalty-free-image/182416049?adppopup=true
https://www.usgs.gov/media/images/wildfire-and-elk-montana
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Isabella_River_shore_showing_burnt_trees_and_regrowth_from_the_Pagami_Creek_Fire_762.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Algal_bloom_in_Lake_Erie_(8740853887).jpg
https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/coho-salmon-parr-lurking-near-a-beaver-dam-in-a-royalty-free-image/1033874110?adppopup=true
https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/view-of-the-little-firehole-river-along-the-mystic-royalty-free-image/1340340004?adppopup=true
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Firefighters_conducting_burnout_operation_(29396644407).jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hercules_C130_bombardier_d_eau_Californie.jpg