When assessing the region, not much was normal but climate change.
Wildfire
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Audio: How nature can thrive despite human impact
What disturbance-loving plants teach.
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How the climate is changing your energy bill
Wildfires and winter storms are costing utilities and families.
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Forest therapy for wildfire survivors
Spending time in the woods can help wildfire survivors recover.
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Befriending wildfire
A new book from Obi Kaufmann illustrates the reciprocal connection between California ecosystems and fire.
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The Forest Service is cutting its seasonal workforce and public lands will suffer
Temporary employees warn that important work will go undone all over the country.
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Wildfires could devastate Butte’s water supply
How officials are working to get ahead of disaster.
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After half a century, the Apache trout swims off the threatened species list
Arizona’s state fish is doing well but faces a daunting future.
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How carbon removal can help curb wildfires and build houses
Local governments in the Four Corners back homegrown carbon-removal projects.
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Is your community ready for a wildfire?
Local governments throughout the West are investing in wildfire defense. Here’s how to know if yours is one of them.
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California’s Park Fire rekindles trauma from previous blazes
‘The PTSD is horrible.’
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Will the Northwest Forest Plan finally respect tribal rights?
Tribal representatives are pushing the U.S. Forest Service to respect treaty rights and bring cultural fire back to the region’s forests.
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Fireworks trigger wildfires. Climate change may increase the risk.
Research found that twice as many wildfires were recorded on July 4 as almost any other day in the West.
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What happens to birds when it’s smoky outside?
A community science initiative along the West Coast is using volunteer observations to study the effect of wildfire smoke on birds.
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When a utility sparks a wildfire, who pays?
How Western utility companies are trying to shield themselves from wildfire costs and liabilities.
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$350M in federal land sales likely to benefit Nevada public lands and wildlife
See what projects are expected to get the funding.
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Cancer is killing firefighters. So this city is going PFAS-free.
San Francisco is the first major American city to ban the substance from protective gear.
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Will changes at San Gabriel Mountains National Monument serve LA’s communities of color?
As the monument reaches a decade of federal recognition, the Biden administration hopes to address funding and stewardship challenges alongside the expansion.
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Disaster disparities in the West
The risk of climate catastrophe is complex, but people of color often face ‘unnatural hazards.’
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See how bad your community’s air will be in 30 years
New data forecasts the nation’s future air quality, all the way down to individual addresses.