A smoldering threat to wildland firefighters
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“Their habitat is often gone, washed out of the creek. There’s no place they can hide and cool off. Their food is decimated as well.”
The new 100+ acre Minnow Ridge Fire is burning in steep, inaccessible terrain north of Plain, and was very active over the weekend.
In the wake of burns that went astray last spring, a Forest Service report called for tighter oversight and new policies to encourage the use of fire as a
Drought and climate change will spark catastrophic fires unless forests are better managed — starting now.