WILDFIRES LOOK TO BE A NEW NORMAL IN THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE. 3/4: Fix America’s Forests: Reforms to Restore National Forests and Tackle the Wildfire Crisis. Holly Fretwell, Jonathan Wood
Author
John Batchelor
Published
Sun 13 Jul 2025
Episode Link
https://audioboom.com/posts/8748010
WILDFIRES LOOK TO BE A NEW NORMAL IN THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE. 3/4: Fix America’s Forests: Reforms to Restore National Forests and Tackle the Wildfire Crisis. Holly Fretwell, Jonathan Wood
Across the West, more than 10 million acres burned in 2020—a record in modern history. These fires consumed more than 17,500 structures and more than $3.5 billion in firefighting costs.Tragically, dozens of lives were lost, and many more people were displaced by evacuation orders. Fires released smoke that degraded air quality nearby and hundreds of miles away. They also destroyed wildlife habitat, including for imperiled species, and the fires’ aftereffects will soon lead to erosion that harms water quality in local watersheds.