2025 brought record drought, wildfires and windstorms to the Mountain West, report finds

The annual climate summary from the Western Water Assessment at the University of Colorado Boulder reported that 2025 brought widespread drought, massive wildfires and destructive windstorms across several Mountain West states, underscoring how closely connected those disasters have become.

2025 brought record drought, wildfires and windstorms to the Mountain West, report finds

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U.S. Forest Service Stops Issuing Firefighter Pants That Contain PFAS, Following ProPublica’s Reporting

Following a ProPublica article revealing that the U.S. Forest Service had for years issued clothing to wildland firefighters that it knew contained potentially dangerous “forever chemicals,” the agency has stopped distributing those garments and will instruct its equipment manufacturers to avoid using PFAS in the future.

U.S. Forest Service Stops Issuing Firefighter Pants That Contain PFAS, Following ProPublica’s Reporting

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After logging bans, Australia turns to “forest thinning”. Does it reduce fire risk?

In the aftermath of Australia's Black Summer bushfires of 2019–20, few policy questions have proved as persistent as how, exactly, to live with fire on a warming continent, leading to an unlikely battleground: the thinning of native forests.

After logging bans, Australia turns to “forest thinning”. Does it reduce fire risk?

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Rising Simultaneous Fire Weather Threatens International Firefighting Efforts

A fire scientist at the University of California, Merced who is the co-author of a new study published in the journal Science Advances reported that the number of days when the weather gets hot, dry and windy - ideal to spark extreme wildfires - has nearly tripled in the past 45 years across the globe, with the trend increasing even more in the Americas.

Rising Simultaneous Fire Weather Threatens International Firefighting Efforts

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National Wildfire Alliance Calls for Immediate Wildfire Policy Reset

The National Wildfire Alliance's spokesperson announced that, as the early fire season gears up across 11 Western States, its priorities include advocating for sensible wildfire policy, including extinguishing all wildfires during fire season through aggressive initial attack, reducing fuels, salvaging dead trees, replanting burned forests, and protecting communities.

National Wildfire Alliance Calls for Immediate Wildfire Policy Reset

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Wildfires that burn buildings create significantly more air pollution

A research team led by the U.S. National Science Foundation's National Center for Atmospheric Research has published a new study in the journal Nature Communications which provides the first inventory of emissions from structure fires burned in wildfires in WUI areas, revealing that structure fires are a major source of air pollution.

Wildfires that burn buildings create significantly more air pollution

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Scientists, managers partner to reduce severe injuries to wildland firefighters

A multi-year study on wildland firefighter injuries published in the International Journal of Wildland Fire last June breaks down injuries by type, location, severity, and frequency across state and national forests.

Scientists, managers partner to reduce severe injuries to wildland firefighters

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