Forest rebuilding after massive 2002 Ore. fire

Published July 8, 2012 10:14pm ET



MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) — Like silent sentinels guarding the legacy of the 2002 Biscuit fire, blackened trees tower over the budding bright green conifers growing up from the forest floor.

The stark contrast is in the Babyfoot Lake Botanical Area in the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest, a site where the Biscuit-fire blowtorch burned particularly hot.

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