New Ideas Might Lessen Wildfire Devastation

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Will our cool, slightly moist introduction to summer mean weakened wildfire danger to el norte? That might be the wishful thinking of our thin-spread Forest Service folks -- but who knows whether the early arrival of rain and humidity means such weather will hang around in July and August?

And the rest of the West? Recent summers have seen one inferno after another swoop down on ill-considered development in what's drily known as the "wildland-urban interface."

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New Ideas Might Lessen Wildfire Devastation

In Santa Fe, we've got a municipal watershed still not adequately protected against blazes that could, under certain conditions, wipe out homes occupyi...

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