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== Summary ==
 
== Summary ==
The Marble Cone fire began in on August 1, 1977 and lasted three weeks.<ref> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marble_Cone_Fire</ref> The Wildfire burned approximately 178,000 acres of the Ventana Wilderness area in the San Lucia Mountains. At the time, the fire was California's largest wildfire to date.<ref>http://heraldphotos.blogspot.com/2014/04/marble-cone-fire-1977.html</ref>  
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The Marble Cone fire began in on August 1, 1977 and lasted three weeks.<ref> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marble_Cone_Fire</ref> The Wildfire burned approximately 178,000 acres of the Ventana Wilderness area in the San Lucia Mountains. At the time, the fire was California's largest wildfire to date.<ref>http://heraldphotos.blogspot.com/2014/04/marble-cone-fire-1977.html</ref> This was the first of four major fires in this area (Fig. 1).
  
 
For more information on the effects of wildfires click [[Fire issues in California's Central Coast Region|here]]
 
For more information on the effects of wildfires click [[Fire issues in California's Central Coast Region|here]]

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Four major fires in the Ventana Wilderness area since 1977. Retrieved from baynature [1]

Summary

The Marble Cone fire began in on August 1, 1977 and lasted three weeks.[1] The Wildfire burned approximately 178,000 acres of the Ventana Wilderness area in the San Lucia Mountains. At the time, the fire was California's largest wildfire to date.[2] This was the first of four major fires in this area (Fig. 1).

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References

  1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marble_Cone_Fire
  2. http://heraldphotos.blogspot.com/2014/04/marble-cone-fire-1977.html

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