Results for keyword: Forest fires
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(Don't) Let it burn
A "temporary" policy change requires Forest Service firefighters to put out fires they might have let burn in previous years, for fear of them raging out of control.
by Emily Guerin , Sep 02, 2012 -
Notes from a wildfire refugee
When wildfire forces locals to flee their beloved Colorado homes, people begin to talk more openly than they used to about climate change.
by John Calderazzo, Jun 27, 2012 -
Fire and ancient forests belong together
Matthew Koehler says that fire and old-growth forests are longtime allies, not natural foes.
by Matthew Koehler, Jan 15, 2009 -
This is the time to make land management make sense
Ed Quillen has suggestions for how to fix the West by consolidating the federal land agencies and charging people to build in Stupid Zones.
by Ed Quillen, Dec 22, 2008 -
Change we could believe in
How to fix the West by consolidating land agencies and charging people to build in Stupid Zones.
by Ed Quillen, Dec 22, 2008 -
Can the Forest Service get back on track?
Recovering integrity and efficiency after President Bush leaves office.
by Chris Wood, Nov 06, 2008 -
Trapped by fire on a mountain lookout
Dixie Boyle recalls the Trigo Fire, which came unnervingly close to the lookout she staffed in the Manzano Mountains of New Mexico.
by Dixie Boyle, Sep 24, 2008 -
All along the watchtower
Andrew McNair, who works weekends at a computer in Olympia, Wash., is not your typical Western fire watcher.
by Eric Wagner , Sep 02, 2008 -
Fire, fire everywhere
Despite the growing threat of Western wildfire, most of us are still pretending it will go away if we just ignore it.
by Jonathan Thompson , Sep 02, 2008 -
Two weeks in the West
Two weeks in the very arid West means dry ski slopes, destructive wildfires, unending drought and unhappy bears; timber mills are victims of housing collapse; costs of carbon dioxide and its removal.
by Jonathan Thompson, Dec 10, 2007
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