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Chasing the flame: Does media coverage of wildfires probe deeply enough?

  • Written by Adrianne Kroepsch, Assistant Professor, Division of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, Colorado School of Mines
imageTrees burn in the High Park wildfire near Fort Collins, Colorado, June 17, 2012.USFS, CC BY

It is the dry season in western states, which means that large swaths of land are burning or smoldering and are likely to remain that way until the snows arrive. The 2017 wildfire year started earlier and has scorched more acreage than normal. It is also far...

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