LOCAL MOTION: Learning to Live with Fire in the West
For the last 25 years, our society in people the West has undergone a cultural transformation around wildfire. We shifted from a “suppression at all costs” mindset to a view that recognizes fire's value to our ecosystem.
There's just one catch: For the past 150 years in the West, we’ve built our society within these fire-adapted ecosystems. Now, we're learning to live with fire.
Societal and cultural shifts take time, however, and in the case of fire management and mitigation, so does collaboration.
That's starting to change.
The Colorado State Forest Service and stakeholders from the…
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