Commentary: America’s Fire Danger
From the Los Angeles Times:
“We are in a new world with wildland fire, and it’s getting worse. …
“The reasons are many: bad land use decisions, long-term drought, hotter temperatures, insect damage, more people building houses in previously wild areas. I’ve [author John N. Maclean] marked the worsening of fire seasons for the last 20 years as I’ve crisscrossed the country writing books about major wildland fires, beginning with the 1994 South Canyon fire on Storm King Mountain in Colorado and most recently the Esperanza fire.”
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