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Smoke for Forests, Not Fear | Mesa News
Smoke from prescribed burns may stink and stir fear, but it’s a vital tool for forest health—clearing deadwood, sparking new growth, and preventing catastrophic wildfires. Yet the haze poses real risks: lung irritation, traffic accidents, and disproportionate impacts on low-income and communities of color. Land managers are fighting back by timing burns with weather, avoiding smoke overload, educating the public, and using wind patterns to steer smoke away from homes. It’s a messy trade-off—but one that’s essential for saving our wildlands, if we can just get folks to breathe through the…
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