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If you’re lost in a national park, call 911 first. Your call will be routed to the appropriate search and rescue authorities for your location. If you don’t have cell service, activate your personal locator beacon (PLB) or satellite messenger, stay where you are, and conserve your energy until help arrives. Each national park also…

Ground fires are subsurface wildfires that burn underground in organic materials like peat, humus, and decomposed vegetation beneath the forest floor. Unlike the dramatic flames you see in regular wildfires, ground fires smolder slowly without visible flames, burning for days, weeks, or even months at low temperatures. They spread unpredictably underground and can reignite surface…