Kirk Complex Wildfire in California's Central Coast Region
[[Image: |200px|thumb|Active burn site during the Zaca Fire, 2007. Retrieved from wikipedia [1]]]
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Summary
The Kirk Complex fire began on Septermber 8, 1999 after a lightning strikes started multiple wildfires that burned the Ventana Wilderness area.[1] This wildfire burned approximately 87,000 acres and marked the third major wildfire within the Los Padres National Forest/Ventana Wilderness area since 1977. The previous two fires included: the Marble Cone Fire (1977) and the Rat Creek - Gorda Complex Fire (1985).
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- Impact of fires in California's Central Coast Region
- Other Watershed Issues
- Soberanes Fire
- Basin Complex Fire
- Zaca Fire
- Painted Cave Fire
- Rat Creek - Gorda Complex Fire
- Marble Cone Fire
- Santa Ana winds
- California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW)
- California Chaparral
- Oak Woodlands of California's Central Coast Region
- Coast Redwood (Sequoia sempervirens)
- California's Central Coast Region
- United States Forest Service (USFS)
- California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CalFire)
- California Department of Parks and Recreation
- United States Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
- California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW)
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