Goats can be a forest’s best friend
Goats are particularly good at one thing: Eating. Unlike a horse or cow that leaves noxious weeds behind, goats eat…
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At any given moment during this smoky summer of 2023, hundreds of wildfires were blazing in the United States —…
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Just about every video game, young adult novel and buzz-worthy streaming series agree that we need to prepare for a…
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A new predator stalks the West
The grizzly bear. The wolf. The cougar. These magnificent creatures, apex predators, how can we not admire them? People cross…
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Wind-driven fire ran until gusts died
The Marshall Fire that demolished more than 1,000 homes along the front range of Colorado two weeks ago was not…
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Since January 2021, more than 6,272 fires have burned 917,000 acres in California
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Giant sequoias come as close to immortality as living organisms can. Many live over a thousand years despite nature’s challenges. So…
MoreWhat do we owe wildland firefighters?
Vacancies, of course, limit how much federal firefighters can do. If Western communities want to be protected, they need to ensure that their firefighters receive better pay and benefits.
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“But it’s questionable that any amount of “thinning” could protect Ashland from a wind-driven firestorm coming out of the watershed.”
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