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We’ll see more fire seasons like 2020 - here’s a strategy for managing our nation’s flammable landscapes

  • Written by Jennifer Balch, Associate Professor of Geography and Director, Earth Lab, University of Colorado Boulder

As of late fall, wildfires are still smoldering under snowfall in Colorado. I am hoping that the cold and snowy weather over the last few days will finally put to bed the 2020 fire season in my state. Through much of October, great pillars of smoke rose in the sky and ash rained down from at least four major fall wildfires, affecting millions in...

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