The US has learned that it cannot suppress its way to a healthy relationship with fire in the West. That strategy failed, even before climate change proved it to be no strategy at all.
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A fire scientist offers a six-point strategy for preventing wildfires and living safely in flammable landscapes.
Wildfires aren’t always wild. Many of the most expensive and damaging fires happen in suburban areas, and nearly all blazes in these zones are started by humans.
The iconic advertising campaign originated as a way to protect the nation from its WWII enemies. Today, critics are asking if it’s causing harm as well as good.
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Associate Professor of Geography and Director, Earth Lab, University of Colorado Boulder
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Associate Professor of Journalism, American University School of Communication
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Professor of History, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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Associate Director of the Huntington-USC Institute on California and The West, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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Data Scientist, National Ecological Observatory Network