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Fire NewsMay 12, 2008 The West’s wacky weather The West’s weather is full of surprises this spring, with snowstorms, windstorms, rain and wildfires all happening at the same time. April 16, 2008 Up in FLAME Proposed bill calls for separate "catastrophic wildfire" fund March 17, 2008 Finding beauty in devastation In his richly illustrated book Boy Wonder & the Big Burns, Montana photographer Chris Peterson finds beauty in the aftermath of fire – and in his relationship with his autistic son. March 3, 2008 Don’t starve the Forest Service Former Montana Congressman Pat Williams warns that the Bush administration is playing with fire – literally – in cutting the Forest Service’s budget. February 4, 2008 The Chaparralian Richard Halsey says Southern California’s chaparral is not to blame for the fires that scorch the region every year. February 4, 2008 Two weeks in the West A flurry of end-of-year easements saves lots of lovely landscapes; heli-skiing wins in Utah; snow-lovers help starving Colorado deer; a possible ceasefire on the Klamath; and bark beetles are destroying Colorado’s lodgepole pines. December 10, 2007 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. November 26, 2007 A former Hot Shot looks at the West’s wildfires Lincoln Bramwell looks back on years of firefighting and concludes that it’s just not a good idea for people to keep building houses in forests. November 12, 2007 Two weeks in the West A look at the recent California wildfires details how much they’ve cost so far and how many acres were burned, especially in the expanding wildland-urban interface. November 12, 2007 The Sunflower State says a historic no to coal Allen Best applauds Kansas for denying permits to two proposed coal-fired power plants because of concerns about greenhouse gases. November 12, 2007 Kansas -- yes, Kansas -- leads the way toward innovation Allen Best applauds Kansas for denying permits to two proposed coal-fired power plants because of concerns about greenhouse gases. November 12, 2007 A former Hot Shot looks at the West’s wildfires Lincoln Bramwell looks back on years of firefighting and concludes that it’s just not a good idea for people to keep building houses in forests. November 9, 2007 Smoke alarm Wildfires across the West release surprising amounts of mercury October 29, 2007 ‘Men standing in the shadows began to weep’ Writers John N. Maclean and Mark Matthews look closely at two famous – and deadly – Western wildfires in their new books, The Thirtymile Fire and A Great Day to Fight Fire. October 15, 2007 Seeds of change Land managers working on post-fire restoration in Utah have to battle invasive cheatgrass in their efforts to bring back the native sagebrush. October 8, 2007 The BLM plays with fire in Oregon Pepper Trail says the BLM’s preferred alternative for an Oregon forest will only increase the risk of wildfire. October 1, 2007 Nobody likes regulation, but look where we’re moving Tom Arrandale says Americans are getting sick and tired of paying to save houses from forest fires when those houses are built – and rebuilt – right next to forests in fire-prone areas. August 31, 2007 The inevitable fires next time Rocky Barker warns us that the new West is a world of inevitable, long-lasting and increasing forest fires. August 20, 2007 Bonfire of the Superweeds In Arizona’s Sonoran Desert, good intentions are responsible for the introduction of exotic buffelgrass – but all the good intentions in the world may not be enough to save the desert now that this invasive and fire-prone plant is spreading August 20, 2007 Fire: Friend and foe Recent Western fires have cleared the stage for the rampant growth of highly flammable exotic plants such as cheatgrass and the buffelgrass now invading the Sonoran Desert Click for more articles on Forest
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