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60 Active Wildfires, One as Big as N.Y. City, Continue to Ravage 12 States, Tribal Lands

Fierce wildfires in the northwest are threatening American Indian tribal lands that already are struggling to conserve water and preserve traditional hunting grounds in the face of a Western drought. Blazes in Oregon and Washington were among some 60 large, …

Study: Modern Wildfires Aren’t Bigger Than Past

A new study is casting doubt on the conventional wisdom that recent forest fires in the West are bigger and more destructive than those in the distant past. Two researchers from the University of Wyoming at Laramie concluded that many …