The Sacred Birches of the Taiga 06/10/2025 June 10, 2025. The taiga is the largest contiguous vegetation zone in the world. The birch plays a special role in this boreal coniferous forest.

Increases in forest wildfire size, severity, and elevation have been linked to a 30-year pattern of increasing fuels in coniferous forests. Wildfire management is made even more challenging by changes ...