High Country News http://www.hcn.org These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 15. Why the Southwest is burning http://www.hcn.org/wotr/why-the-southwest-is-burning This season’s wildfires are caused by three things: Climate change-induced drought, bureaucratic blindness and old-fashioned human folly. No publisher William deBuys wildfire Hot Times Western wildfires climate change denial Forest Service Wallow fire forest fires drought firefighting, 2011-10-10T18:38:39Z News Article What scientists are learning from wildfire in New Mexico http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.19/what-scientists-are-learning-from-wildfire-in-new-mexico New Mexico's Gila National Forest is a good natural laboratory for studying the effects of wildfire. No publisher Neil LaRubbio wildfire forest management Hot Times Whitewater Baldy prescribed burn 2012-11-27T16:36:45Z News Article West of 100: Fire & Brimstone http://www.hcn.org/articles/west-of-100-fire-brimstone The backstory to Emily Guerin's report on the scientific debate over how "normal" severe fire is, and a travelogue from the Gila Wilderness in the wake of this year's massive blaze. No publisher Cally Carswell, Emily Guerin, Neil LaRubbio wildfire fire ecology Gila Wilderness Whitewater Baldy Fire west of 100 podcast 2012-09-25T16:46:11Z Audio We thought we were safe http://www.hcn.org/articles/17820 Gordon Gregory watched the house he’d spent four years building go up in flames, then had to flee a rental home when another fire bore down on him and his family near the smoky town of Paradise. No publisher Gordon Gregory wildfire fire evacuations Calif. Butte County Paradise Gordon Gregory 2010-02-05T09:40:23Z News Article We thought we were safe http://www.hcn.org/articles/17801 California fire victim barely escapes No publisher Gordon Gregory wildfire 2010-02-05T09:40:21Z News Article The War on Wildfire http://www.hcn.org/issues/320/16229 President Bush says the Healthy Forests Restoration Act and Initiative were needed to fight wildfire, but several years into the new rules, critics question whether the changes they brought were helpful or even necessary No publisher Kathie Durbin Logging Old Growth Fire George W. Bush Healthy Forests Restoration Act forest fires wildfire Metolius River Basin Bill Anthony Sisters Ranger District Deschutes National Forest Cache Mountain Fire Black Butte Ranch thinning fuel reduction Healthy Forests Initiative 2011-11-07T20:36:57Z News Article The BLM plays with fire in Oregon http://www.hcn.org/wotr/17297 Pepper Trail says the BLM’s preferred alternative for an Oregon forest will only increase the risk of wildfire. No publisher Pepper Trail Pepper Trail BLM Oregon forests wildfire logging 2010-02-05T09:47:32Z News Article Searching for the true causes of the West’s fire problems http://www.hcn.org/wotr/14189 Pepper Trail, a wildlife biologist in Oregon, says that this is not the time to log our way out of wildfire threats in the West. No publisher Pepper Trail Fire wildfire logging forests fire 2010-02-05T09:29:06Z News Article Life rises from the ashes, in the form of a humble toad http://www.hcn.org/issues/302/15672 Ecologist Charlie Crisafulli has spent twenty-five years studying life on Mount St. Helens, especially the boreal toad, which is in decline almost everywhere else, but thriving at the volcano No publisher David B. Williams Threatened and Endangered Species Charlie Crisafulli boreal toads Mount St. Helens volcanoes volcanic eruptions early successional species extinction catastrophe natural disasters wildfire amphibians ecology 2010-02-05T09:25:43Z News Article High Country Views: Fire in the foothills http://www.hcn.org/articles/high-country-views-episode-10 The aftermath of Boulder's destructive Fourmile Canyon fire. No publisher Cally Carswell wildfire Boulder Colorado High Country Views wildland urban interface Fourmile Canyon podcast 2010-10-05T15:42:56Z News Article Global climate change: We need to talk about it http://www.hcn.org/wotr/global-climate-change-we-need-to-talk-about-it It's hard for journalists to talk about climate change, but they need to keep telling the story, especially when writing about natural disasters. No publisher Allen Best natural disaster wildfire Kevin Trenberth climate change media and climate change journalism megafire weather and climate 2012-07-24T17:03:30Z News Article Fire scientists fight over what Western forests should look like http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.16/fire-scientists-fight-over-what-western-forests-should-look-like Controversial new studies question the conventional wisdom on Western ponderosa forests and the severity of their historic wildfires. No publisher Emily Guerin wildfire megafires forest fires firefighting Hot Times Thomas Swetnam Southwest model fire regimes Wally Covington Tom Swetnam 2012-10-16T23:26:45Z News Article Fire policy in the form of Smokey and the Bandit http://www.hcn.org/wotr/14419 Ray Ring says California and wildfire are like co-stars in a bad Hollywood movie No publisher Ray Ring Fire fire wildfire 2010-02-05T09:40:45Z News Article Fire on the mountain http://www.hcn.org/wotr/fire-on-the-mountain A New Mexican watches Whitewater-Baldy fire burn the Gila National Forest, and even as it changes a place she loves, her ecologist self cheers it on. No publisher Martha Schumann Cooper wildfire Gila National Forest Whitewater-Baldy Complex Gila Wilderness New Mexico 2012-06-13T22:47:09Z News Article California prepares for the next burn http://www.hcn.org/issues/41.10/california-prepares-for-the-next-burn Public officials – and even homeowners – are beginning to accept the inevitability of wildfires in the Golden State. No publisher Peter Friederici wildfire wildland-urban interface California firefighting 2010-02-05T09:58:28Z News Article