Yellowston’s Burning Question NOVA Laserdisc VG Condition.

Why did the National Park Service let over a million acres of forest burn?

Hundreds of acres of timber are assaulted by a wall of flames over 300 feet high, as a bison grazes disinterestedly nearby. With exclusive footage like this, NOVA uncovers the astounding story of the fires that affected over a million acres of Yellowstone National Park in the summer of 1988. Fires of such intensity occur in this region only two or three times every thousand years. Discover what caused this most recent inferno, examine the controversy that surrounded the National Park's "let burn" policy and witness nature's miraculous process of rebirth as NOVA investigates YELLOWSTONE'S BURNING QUESTION.