The move that affects more than 16,000 wildland firefighters and comes as much of the West braces for a difficult wildfire season.
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Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Maine isn’t the West, but wildfires still a risk
Climate change is altering the state’s seasons, and it could make our forests more vulnerable.
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Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Another View: Colorado winter wildfire shatters the illusion of safety in Western suburbs
The warming climate is priming conditions for disastrous conflagrations in unusual seasons.
Posted inNation & World
Crews box in Colorado wildfire as investigators seek cause
The blaze between Denver and Boulder started Dec. 30 during a months-long drought.
Posted inNation & World, Uncategorized
Colorado wildfires burn hundreds of homes, force evacuations
Ten of thousands of people were evacuated as intense fires swept across the region, fueled by wind gusts up to 105 mph.
Posted inNation & World
California wildfires this year torched thousands of giant sequoia trees
Intense fires that burned hot enough and high enough to kill so many giant sequoias – trees once considered nearly fire-proof – puts an exclamation point on the impact of climate change.
Posted inFood
Threatened by climate change, a California winemaker switches to carbon farming
Robin Lail hopes more vineyards join her.
Posted inNation & World
California wildfires burn into groves of giant sequoia trees
Giant sequoias are adapted to fire, which can help them thrive, but the extraordinary intensity of recent fires – fueled by climate change – can overwhelm the trees.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books, Review
An idyllic California town and the wildfire everyone should have expected
Lizzie Johnson chronicles what was lost, and why, when Paradise, Calif., burned in 2018.
Posted inNation & World
Record-breaking California fire grows; Montana blaze threatens towns
Some 100 large blazes are burning across 15 states with historic drought conditions.