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Utah’s Wildfire Summer and What We Can Do | Salt Lake City News
Utah’s summer is turning unbearable—scorching heat and wildfire smoke are making outdoor life miserable, forcing events to end early and keeping families indoors. But this isn’t just a local crisis: smoke travels, and climate change is making wildfires longer, hotter, and more destructive. Warmer temperatures dry out forests, fuel more intense fires, and worsen droughts and shrinking snowpack—threatening health, water, recreation, and nature itself. Volunteers are now heading to Washington D.C. to push for bipartisan solutions: healthier forests, clean energy, and smarter policies to protect…
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