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…
Nasa recorded image of MM117 fire via Wildfire Today
MoreTelling the truth about the way we live now
Evonne lives in a fire lookout in Oregon, and since I meet with these graduate students on Zoom, we’ve all…
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MoreOur new age of fire
Fire in the West is expected, and not so long ago, it seemed something the West experienced more than anywhere…
MoreWhen wildfire keeps coming back
Since January 2021, more than 6,272 fires have burned 917,000 acres in California
Smoke plume from wildfire in Boulder County, CO
MoreWhen immortals die
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.
MoreWe blame the trees, but whose fault is it?
“But it’s questionable that any amount of “thinning” could protect Ashland from a wind-driven firestorm coming out of the watershed.”
Photograph by Romain Le Teuff, courtesy of Unsplash
MoreWe can act now to fight wildfires
“In 2020, the highest we got to anywhere, was a D2 — Severe Drought. Now we are looking at D3 — D4 — Extreme and Exceptional Drought across much of the West and almost all of the Southwest.”
Cameron Peak Fire, Near Red Feather Lakes, Arapahoe and Roosevelt National Forest, Colorado – 2020 Image courtesy of Harrison Raine
MoreIt’s Time to Come to the Aid of Wildland Firefighters
“..many of the men and women who fight those fires on our behalf are suffering from burnout”
Image of Harrison Raine setting a backfire to stop wildfire from spreading
MoreLiving with Evacuation, Smoke and Helicopters
“Wouldn’t it be a miracle if the whole damn world banded together and realized climate change was the number one priority?”
Photograph by Giorgio Trovato, courtesy of Unsplash
MoreFanning the Flames of Hate in Oregon
“The present we are now enduring is the climate-change future that we have been warned about for decades.”
Photograph by Alex Radelich, Courtesy of Unsplash
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