But wherever the management goal is to restore natural ecosystems, as is the case for many parks, wilderness areas, or natural areas, the minimal thinning treatment should be viewed as a stopgap measure to forestall the imminent loss of the slowest ecosystem variables such as old-growth trees and the soil erosion which follows high-intensity wildfire.
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