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Friday, August 30, 2013   

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – El llamado “Incendio Rim”, que arde cerca el Parque Nacional Yosemite, ha consumido casi 200 mil acres. Ya es el sexto incendio más grande que se ha registrado, y sigue creciendo. Los expertos en vida silvestre opinan que los grandes incendios como éste se han vuelto la nueva realidad debido al cambio climático, y que resistirse a enfrentarlo es echarle gasolina a la hoguera.

Beth Pratt, directora para California de la National Wildlife Federation (Federación Nacional de la Vida Silvestre), ha estado vigilando el incendio desde su patio trasero en Midpines, en la entrada sur oeste del parque. Dice que el humo y las llamas ya son un panorama demasiado común en el área, y que ella y sus vecinos piensan que están viviendo el comienzo de una nueva realidad, definida en parte por el cambio climático.

“Hasta las brasas están prendiendo la vegetación porque está muy seca -observa-. Es lo que los científicos han estado prediciendo con el cambio climático, como si se echara gasolina en una situación ya de por sí mala.”

Pratt dice que es importante recordar que el fuego no es inherentemente malo, que es una parte vital que colabora al equilibrio del ecosistema boscoso, pero agrega que los incendios cada vez más intensos cambian los paisajes para siempre y a la vida salvaje la dejan sin un lugar ni un medio ambiente a los cuales regresar.

Pratt asegura que el cambio climático altera el equilibrio del bosque. Una vez que se apagan los grandes incendios, los animales no pueden ajustarse a los cambios que quedaron en su hábitat.

“Ya sea por las temperaturas y las condiciones que se alteran, puede que sea la humedad que hay, cosas como esas las que cambian -comentó- y a las cuales no están adaptados los animales.”

Algunos de los animales impactados por el incendio Rim incluyen el Gran Búho Gris de Yosemite, la Marta Pescadora (Pacific Fisher) y las ranas.


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