In 1988, more than one third of the park (793,880 acres) was destroyed by forest fires. Amazingly enough, very few of the animals in the park were killed. By the next summer, there were lodge pole pines sprouting everywhere and meadows full of wildflowers. Yellowstone is constantly growing and changing. Some scientists feel, due to small earthquakes and other activity, that Yellowstone is long overdue for another catastrophic event.
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