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In a burning West, wildfire smoke threatens public health
Montana hospitals handled an increase of respiratory-related problems this year.
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Oregonians experiment with a new model to prevent megafire
A collaborative community-based project tackles overgrown forests.
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Proper fire funding continues to elude Congress
Nearly everyone agrees it’s important. So what’s the hold-up?
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What fire researchers learned from California’s blazes
In California, land managers use fire as a tool.
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Nothing about future fires is guaranteed
Except that they will come.
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Firefighters, your next mission might be next door
Many are still unaware of the dangers of living in the wildland-urban interface.
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The Sprague Fire, as it happened
Seasonal Glacier National Park ranger Daniel Lombardi tracked the path of fire’s destruction in photos.
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We need a commission to take action on wildfire in the West
Two Forest Service veterans say we fail to manage our fire-dependent forests.
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Shrub-choked wildlands played a role in California fires
The deadly Wine Country blazes ignited and grew in forests and shrublands.
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Northern California tribes face down massive wildfires
Some evacuees return home as clean-up begins and resources are stretched thin.
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Thousands find refuge from Northern California fires
Fast-moving wildfires have burned over 200,000 acres and killed at least 31 people.
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Historic wildfires rip through California wine country
Thirteen people have died and many more are missing or injured as fires spread.
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Channel your wildfire angst into climate change action
Oregon’s sorrow and wrath from the Eagle Creek Fire should be put towards policy.
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Zinke’s fire memo calls for aggressive forest thinning
The policy ignores major drivers of Western fire: weather and climate change.
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Forest Service leadership lands in Southern hands
A new chief steps in as Western forests blaze.
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The West’s dramatic wildfire season, explained
A fire ecologist on how it happened, and why communities will have to adapt.
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A human-caused wildfire burns Oregon’s Columbia Gorge
In the Pacific Northwest, data shows people burn the places they love.
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Close encounters with a scary fire season
As wildfires have ripped through the West, take stock of what climate change has wrought.
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Blame for wildfires gets pinned on ‘environmental extremists’
Montana’s lawmakers slight climate change as a main driver for the state’s blazes.