A practical guide for living with wildfire, including essential history and
science, actions you can take to protect your home, and guiding
principles for life in an increasingly fiery future.
Wildfires are getting more destructive than ever before, especially in the
American West. Flames in forests are scorching about twice as many trees as
they did two decades ago and incinerated nearly 100,000 homes, barns, and
other structures between 2005 and 2022. Fire seasons" are now fire years.
Tens of millions of people live in areas vulnerable to fire, and more keep
moving in. Driven in part by climate change, the areas burned and prevalence
of smoke in the skies is expected to skyrocket in the decades to come.
At the same time that wildfires leave swathes of the country in ash, they also
renew. Wildfire is crucial for ecosystems to function and flourish. We're putting
out many of the fires our landscape needs, and the ones that escape our
control are devastating for forests and communities. It's clear what we're
doing isn't working. Wildfire is inevitable, and we need to learn to live with it.
But doing so gives rise to many, many questions-especially for the millions of
people who are directly affected by the flames and smoke.
The first of its kind, This Is Wildfir e offers everything you need to know about
fire in one useful volume. Nick Mott and Justin Angle reflect on the history of
humanity's connection to flames, analyze how our society arrived at this
perilous moment, and recount stories of those fighting fire and trying to (...)
Nick Mott is a journalist and podcast producer. His podcast work has received
a Peabody and two National Edward R. Murrow Awards. His print and audio
reporting has been published in The Atlantic, NPR, High Country News, and
The Washington Post, among many other outlets.
Justin Angle is a professor and the Poe Family Distinguished Faculty Fellow
at the University of Montana College of Business. His work has been
published in Journal of Marketing, Journal of Consumer Research, and the
Washington Post
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